An introduction to civil wars / Karl Derouen, Jr., University of Alabama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeRouen, Karl R., 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil war.

Conflict management.

Peace-building.

Intervention (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, 2015.

Summary:

An Introduction to Civil Wars takes an empirical and thematic approach to the study of civil wars. Since World War II, by far most of the wars that have been fought are civil wars--wars between groups within states, like Darfur, Somalia, Congo, Kosovo, and Chechnya--and not wars between sovereign states. The book is organized thematically to address major topics and findings on civil wars, including causes, duration, recurrence, termination, intervention, post-conflict problems, civilian victimization/terrorism, and resource-related issues. Cases at the end of chapters spotlight specific civil wars.

Contents:

chapter 1. Introduction

chapter 2. Costs of civil war

chapter 3. Civil war dynamics

chapter 4. What causes civil war?

chapter 5. Natural resources and civil war

chapter 6. The termination of civil war and post-conflict issues

chapter 7. International intervention

chapter 8. Terrorism and civil war

chapter 9. Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-275) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781483322704

148332270X

9781483390345

1483390349

9781483311807

1483311805

OCLC:

1017714037