Ending civil war
Subtitle: Rhodesia and Lebanon in perspective
By: Matthew Preston.
Series: International library of war studies ;; 2
Publisher: Tauris Academic Studies; Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Civil war; Civil war -- Case studies; Mediation, International; Lebanon -- History -- Civil War, 1975-1990; Zimbabwe -- History -- Chimurenga War, 1966-1980
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "Matthew Preston returns politics to its rightful place at the heart of the study of internal conflict. Rejecting approaches that emphasise economics or ethnicity, this investigation of the wars in Rhodesia and Lebanon sets out the complex political dynamic that eventually brought each to an end. Above all, it demonstrates the robustness of local agendas in civil wars and the difficulties outsiders face in brokering settlements. With intervention in 'failed states' so high up the international agenda, the message is one that scholars and policy-makers can ill afford to ignore."--Bloomsbury publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-315) and index.