Crafting peace : strategies to deal with warlords in collapsing states / Sasha Lezhnev.

Collection type	Library
Author	Lezhnev, Sasha, 1979-;
Call Number	327.16 L686
Document type	Monograph
Year	2005.
Pagination	p. cm.
Publisher	Lexington Books,
Note	Includes bibliographical references and index. "Crafting Peace analyzes warlords in depth, including their organizational structure and the context in which they operate, ultimately exploring the effectiveness of various short and long-term strategies to deal with warlords. Instead of focusing strictly on economic causes, the focus here is on the extremely frail political/security environment that allows warlords to rise up, seize power, and profit in the midst of chaos. This deeper political context, underanalyzed in other texts in terms of its effec t on warlordism, is crucial to understanding both why warlords arise and how they should be dealt with. This book suggests a two-pronged strategic approach to help craft peace: unseating certain intransigent warlords through immediate, coercive measures; and taking away the anarchic environment in which these actors thrive by implementing several policies aimed at rebuilding law and order over the long-term. Sasha Lezhnev discusses this approach by looking at real-world cases in Sierra Leone and Tajikistan. Crafting Peace presents a new way of looking at eliminating warlords and restoring peace in war-torn states that will prove essential to both scholars and practitioners in international relations and political science."--BOOK JACKET.
Place made	Lanham, MD

Abstract

1. The globalized gangster : defining warlordism -- 2. Sierra Leone : the long road to peace -- 3. Tajikistan : warlords reintegrated? -- 4. Dealing with warlords -- 5. Conclusion -- App. A. Chronology of events and key developments in Sierra Leone -- App . B. Chronology of events and key developments in Tajikistan.