Military Intervention Cases in Context for the Twenty-First Century

by Lahneman, William J.; Burg, Steven L.; Chandler, David; Forrester, Jason; Khadiagala, Gilbert M.; Kumar, Chetan; Laitin, David D.; Nuamah, Kwaku; Schwartz, Professor Eric; Steinbruner, John; William Zartman, and I.

• ISBN13: 9780742529519
• ISBN10: 0742529517
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-23
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Internal conflict continues to be the most common form of organized violence, most often occurring in a so-called arc of instability comprised of Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia. The misery and death caused by these conflicts,

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	vii
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	xiii
William J. Lahneman
1 Perspectives on Civil Violence: A Review of Current Thinking	1	(28)
John Steinbruner and Jason Forrester
2 Somalia: Intervention in Internal Conflict	29	(18)
David D. Laitin
3 Intervention in Internal Conflict: The Case of Bosnia	47	(20)
Steven L. Burg
4 Intervention in Internal Conflict: The Case of Rwanda	67	(22)
Gilbert M. Khadiagala
5 Foreign Interventions in Cambodia, 1806-2003	89	(16)
David Chandler
6 Sustaining Peace in War-Torn Societies: Lessons from the Haitian Experience	105	(28)
Chetan Kumar
7 Intervention in Sierra Leone	133	(18)
Kwaku Nuamah and I. William Zartman
8 Intervention in East Timor	151	(14)
Eric Schwartz
9 Military Intervention: Lessons for the Twenty-First Century	165	(36)
William J. Lahneman
Bibliography	201	(10)
Index	211	(10)
About the Contributors	221