The widespread practice of intervention by outside actors aimed
at building 'sustainable peace' within societies ravaged by war has
been a striking feature of the post-Cold War era. But, at a time
when more peacekeepers are deployed around the world than at any
other point in history, is the international will to intervene
beginning to wane? And how capable are the systems that exist for
planning and deploying 'peacebuilding' missions of fulfilling the
increasingly complex tasks set for them?
In Building Peace After War, Mats Berdal addresses these and
other crucial questions, examining the record of interventions from
Cambodia in the early 1990s to contemporary efforts in Afghanistan
and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The book analyses the
nature of the modern peacebuilding environment, in particular the
historical and psychological conditions that shape it, and
addresses the key tasks faced by outside forces in the early and
critical 'post-conflict' phase of an intervention. In doing so, it
asks searching questions about the role of military force in
support of peacebuilding, and the vital importance of legitimacy to
any intervention.
Berdal also looks critically at the ways in which governments
and international organisations, particularly the UN, have
responded to these many challenges. He highlights the pivotal role
of politics in planning peacebuilding operations, and offers some
sober reflections on the future prospects for post-conflict
intervention.
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