Does Peacekeeping Work?: Shaping Belligerents' Choices After Civil War

by Virginia Page Fortna

Book Overview

In the last fifteen years, the number, size, and scope of peacekeeping missions deployed in the aftermath of civil wars have increased exponentially. From Croatia and Cambodia, to Nicaragua and Namibia, international personnel have been sent to maintain peace around the world. But does peacekeeping work? And if so, how? In Does Peacekeeping Work? Virginia Page Fortna answers these questions through the systematic analysis of civil wars that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691136718
• ISBN13: 9780691136714
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"