Excerpts from Mr. Hoffmann's Conclusions:

Instead of a mighty collective UN Army, small "ad hoc" peacekeeping forces have emerged. These small forces have been thrown into the middle of breaches of the peace and have been expected to hold the line essentially by their moral authority. Many of these UN peacekeeping operations have been hailed as successes and indeed they are. Their success, however, has not been because of the adequacy of the peacekeeping forces, but rather because the combatant parties were willing to accept a cease-fire and allow UN forces to supervise that cease-fire.