Militias and the Challenges of Post-Conflict Peace: Silencing the Guns

by Matthew Arnold, Chris Alden, Monika Thakur

Book Overview

Militias have proven to be a consistent and enduring challenge to achieving peace in war zones around the world. Whether armed by embattled governments in defence of their territory or fostered by external actors in the interests of greed or grievance, these groups occupy an uncertain and deeply controversial position in the changing landscape of conflict.

Linked variously to atrocities against civilians or international criminal elements,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848135262
• ISBN13: 9781848135260
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.5"