How wars end : theory and practice / edited by Richard Iron and Damien Kingsbury.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iron, Richard, editor.

Kingsbury, Damien, editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

Routledge advances in defence studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War.

War--Causes.

Peace.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 254 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

Richard Iron CMG OBE is the president of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. He has served in the British Army, was Defence Fellow at the University of Oxford and has worked for the UK's Chief of Defence Staff on strategic planning. Damien Kingsbury is an emeritus professor with the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Deakin University, Melbourne. He was the principle adviser to the Free Aceh Movement in the 2005 Helsinki Peace Talks and has advised a number of other armed non-state groups in conflict resolution. His is author or editor of more than two dozen books, most recently including Separatism and the State.

Contents:

Introduction / Damien Kingsbury and Richard Iron

Section I: Why War?

The Causes of War

and their Consequences / Hew Strachan

A Typology of Wars and How They End / Rob Johnson

How You Fight a War Matters to How It Ends: A Real-World Contemporary Case Study

Iraq 2016 / Roger Noble

Section II: Case Studies

Libya's Mercenaries Crisis: 'I am here to protect the King of Kings' / Alia Brahimi

Indonesia's war against East Timor: How it Ended / Clinton Fernandes

Ending the Sierra Leone War / Richard Iron

Peace Processes in Aceh and Sri Lanka: A Comparative Assessment / Damien Kingsbury

The Case of Afghanistan: How Wars End / David Kilcullen

Some Reflections on the Pursuit of 'Peace' in Afghanistan: 'Never Send to Know for Whom the Wars End' / William Maley

Section III: Alternatives

Reflections on the Australian Experience: How Wars End / John Blaxland

How Major-Power Wars End / Hugh White

Section IX: Ways Forward

Negotiations to End all Wars / William Zartman

Negotiating Peace / Damien Kingsbury

Endless Wars, Perpetual Peacekeeping? / Adam Day and Charles T Hunt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 09, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: How wars end: theory and practice

ISBN:

9781003317487

1003317480

9781000825305

1000825302

9781000825367

1000825361

Publisher Number:

40031515301

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