Peacemaking from Above, Peace from Below: Ending Conflict Between Regional Rivals

by Norrin M. Ripsman

Book Overview

In Peacemaking from Above, Peace from Below, Norrin M. Ripsman explains how regional rivals make peace and how outside actors can encourage regional peacemaking. Through a qualitative empirical analysis of all the regional rivalries that terminated in peace treaties in the twentieth century--including detailed case studies of the Franco-German, Egyptian-Israeli, and Israeli-Jordanian peace settlements--Ripsman concludes that efforts to encourage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501702475
• ISBN13: 9781501702471
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher