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Autore |
Gaub Florence |
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Titolo |
Military integration after civil wars : multiethnic armies, identity, and post-conflict reconstruction / / Florence Gaub |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-89603-1 |
1-282-88586-3 |
9786612885860 |
0-203-84105-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Armed Forces - Minorities |
Postwar reconstruction |
Multinational states |
Ethnic conflict - Prevention |
Civil war - Prevention |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 The armed forces as a social agent; 2 Case study: the Nigerian Army: From colonial to political; 3 Case study: the Lebanese armed forces: From powerlessness to integration?; 4 Case study: the armies of Bosnia-Herzegovina: A state in transit; 5 Military integration after civil wars: An assessment; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the role of multiethnic armies in post-conflict reconstruction, and demonstrates how they can promote peacebuilding efforts.The author challenges the assumption that multiethnic composition leads to weakness of the military, and shows how a multiethnic army is frequently the impetus for peacemaking in multiethnic societies. Three case studies (Nigeria, Lebanon and Bosnia-Herzegovina) determine that rather than external factors, it is the internal structures that make or break the military institution in a socially challenging environment. The book finds that where |
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