Military Policy - General & Miscellaneous, Africa - Ethnic & Race Relations, Rwanda - History, Ethnic Conflict & Genocide
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Overview
"Bruce Jones investigates why the wide-ranging efforts to forestall genocidal violence in Rwanda in 1994 failed so miserably." "Jones traces the individual and collective impact of both official and unofficial mediation efforts, peacekeeping missions, and humanitarian aid. Providing theoretical and empirical evidence, he shows that the failure of the peace process was not the result of lack of effort, or even the weakness of any particular effort. Rather, it was due to a combination of factors: the lack of connections among the various attempts at conflict resolution; the intransigence of the warring parties; the lack of a coherent strategy for managing spoilers in the peace process; and weak international support."--BOOK JACKET.Editorials
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Jones (special assistant to the U.N.'s special coordinator for the Middle East peace process) considers the failure of efforts to prevent violence in Rwanda. He considers the efficacy of both official and informal efforts at mediation, peacekeeping, and aid. Citing theory and empirical evidence, he argues that the causes of failure were complex, and relied in part on the uncoordinated nature of various attempts to resolve the conflict, the intransigence of the warring factions, the lack of a coherent strategy, and weak international support. These difficulties, he suggests, revel the weaknesses of the current systems for preventing and managing conflict. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
August 31, 2001
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Pages
200
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781555879945