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Overview
“This is a valuable collection, well organized and professionally edited.”—Terrorism and Political Violence“There is, in short, a great deal in this book that will be of interest. It will be a useful addition to the all-too-small literature on successful peace processes, as well as offering new comparative insights to the literature on the countries concerned.”
Synopsis
This book is about ending guerrilla conflicts in Latin America through political means. It discusses peace processes aimed at ending military conflicts in the context of agreements that touch on some of the principal political, economic, social, and ethnic imbalances that led to conflict in the first place.
Booknews
Looks into cases of internal armed conflict in Latin America, in an effort to identify variables that facilitate or impede negotiated settlements to guerilla wars and to define key tasks of the postconflict period. An underlying belief of these studies is that military effort devoid of measures aimed at addressing root causes of conflict invites further cycles of violence. Countries compared are Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Peru. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
Editorials
From the Publisher
"Editor Arnson and 19 collaborators. . . assess the factors that contribute to a nation-state's capacity to reconstruct a functioning and more democratic society after that society has been riven by internal armed conflict. . . The volume has a high degree of internal consistency among the case studies, and Arnson provides both a clear introduction and an insightful conclusion. Recommended."—J. A. Rhodes, CHOICE"This is a valuable collection, well organized and professionally edited."—Terrorism and Political Violence
"There is, in short, a great deal in this book that will be of interest. It will be a useful addition to the all-too-small literature on successful peace processes, as well as offering new comparative insights to the literature on the countries concerned."