Civil War, Insecurity and Intervention - Hardcover

Walter, Barbara F

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231116268 ISBN 13: 9780231116268

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1999

Synopsis

An examination of four recent military interventions by the international community: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Somalia; Cambodia; and Rwanda. The mixed record of partial successes, failures, and counterproductive interventions suggests a need to develop a framework for future policy choices.

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Review

"This volume is a must for anyone interested in the management of ethnic conflicts as it does a good job of highlighting the difficulties and dilemmas that have to be overcome if interventions are [sic] be more successful in the future than they have been in the past." -- Peter Viggo Jakobsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, "International Affairs"

About the Author

Barbara F. Walter is assistant professor of political science at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Jack Snyder is Robert and Renee Belfer Professor of International Relations and chair of the Political Science Department at Columbia University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231116268
• ISBN 13: 9780231116268
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 342