| New Armies from Old: Merging Competing Military Forces after Civil Wars Contributor(s): Licklider, Roy (Editor), Russett, Bruce (Contribution by), Licklider, Roy (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1626161011 ISBN-13: 9781626161016 Publisher: Georgetown University Press OUR PRICE: $178.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Political Science | Security (national & International) - History | Military - Strategy |
| Dewey: 355.3 |
| LCCN: 2013026134 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.46 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Peace settlements after civil wars frequently involve power sharing among the former opponents to attempt to fuse a new representative society. International mediators often recommend that these agreements also merge the competing armed groups into a single national army. The presumed merits of this strategy have become common wisdom among conflict-resolution practitioners, but little systematic research has been conducted to test whether or not this works. Can people who recently have been killing one another be effectively merged into a single military force? Under what conditions is military integration more or less likely to succeed? Is military integration a good idea in all cases? This volume uses a comparative case-study approach and considers competing views. The result is that the volume fills a serious gap in our understanding of civil wars, their possible resolution, and how to promote lasting peace. The cases cover eleven countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Philippines, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. |
