Ending Wars

242 Pages·2008·0.793 MB·English

by  Feargal Cochrane

Ending Wars

Ending Wars
Feargal Cochrane
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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
Focus of the Book 2
Structure of the Book 5
Conclusion 11
1 The Changing Nature of War 12
What is War? 13
The Social Meaning of War 15
The Limits of War 25
Modern Trends in War 27
How Do Modern Wars End? 32
Making Wars Ripe for Ending 35
2 Third-Party Intervention 39
What is Third-Party Intervention? 40
Di¤erent Forms of Third-Party
Intervention 43
Chechnya and the Limits of Third-Party
Intervention 63
3 Negotiation or Victory? 70
Getting to the Table: Pre-Negotiations and
the First Steps towards Dialogue 76
Making the First Move 81
vii
viii Contents
When the Talking Begins: Political Negotiations 87
The Importance of Leadership in Negotiations 95
4 Resistance to the Peace 101
Why Resist the Ending of War? 104
What is a Spoiler? 108
Violent Resisters 113
Peaceful Resisters 117
5 Ending the Global War on Terror 126
Understanding the Global War on Terror 128
Can the Global War on Terror be Ended? 138
Conclusion 148
6 Reconciliation and Rebuilding 150
Rebuilding through Reconciliation 153
Rebuilding through Reconstruction 167
Rebuilding Whose Peace? 169
The Need for E¤ective Reconstruction
to End Wars 177
Conclusion 182
Conclusion 184
Notes 192
Bibliography 212
Index 222