New Armies from Old : Merging Competing Military Forces after Civil Wars / Roy Licklider, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Licklider, Roy E., editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management--Africa--Case studies.

Conflict management.

Civil war--Africa--Case studies.

Civil war.

Armies--Africa--Reorganization--Case studies.

Armies.

Conflict management--Case studies.

Combined operations (Military science)--Case studies.

Combined operations (Military science).

Postwar reconstruction--Case studies.

Postwar reconstruction.

Civil war--Case studies.

Armies--Reorganization--Case studies.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Georgetown University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Negotiating a peaceful end to civil wars, which often includes an attempt to bring together former rival military or insurgent factions into a new national army, has been a frequent goal of conflict resolution practitioners since the Cold War. In practice, however, very little is known about what works, and what doesn't work, in bringing together former opponents to build a lasting peace. Contributors to this volume assess why some civil wars result in successful military integration while others dissolve into further strife, factionalism, and even renewed civil war. Eleven cases are studied i

Contents:

Foreword / by Bruce Russett

Introduction / Roy Licklider

Mixed motives? Explaining the decision to integrate militaries at civil war's end / Caroline Hartzell

Early adopters

Sudan 1972-1983 / Matthew LeRiche

Military integration from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe / Paul Jackson

Merging militaries: the Lebanese case / Florence Gaub

Autonomous development

From failed power sharing in Rwanda to successful top-down military integration / Stephen Burgess

From rebels to soldiers: an analysis of the Philippine policy of integrating former Moro National Liberation Front combatants into the armed forces / Rosalie Arcala Hall

South Africa / Roy Licklider

International involvement

Half-brewed: the lukewarm results of creating an integrated military in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Judith Verweijen

Merging militaries: Mozambique / Andrea Bartoli and Martha Mutisi

Bosnia-Herzegovina: from three armies to one / Rohan Maxwell

Bringing the good, the bad and the ugly into the peace fold: the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces after the Lomo Peace Agreement / Mimmi Soderberg Kovacs

Burundi / Cyrus Samii

Alternative perspectives

The industrial organization of merged armies / David Laitin

Military dis-integration: canary in the coal mine? / Ronald Krebs

So what? / Roy Licklider.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62616-044-9

OCLC:

879024960