To Appomattox and Beyond: The Civil War Soldier in War and Peace (review)

1997 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 340-341
Author(s):  
Earl J. Hess
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
War And Peace

The Kurdish Civil War and Peace Negotiations, 1994–1998

2021 ◽  
pp. 002190962110624
Author(s):  
Dana Ali Salih ◽  
Hawre Hasan Hama
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
The United States ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Contingency Model ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Military

The Kurdish Civil War between the military forces of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) began in 1994. Despite frequently occurring peace talks throughout the conflict, negotiations failed to bring about a durable settlement until the United States brokered the Washington Peace Agreement in 1998. This research explores why the earlier negotiations were unsuccessful, and whether it was only the US mediation in 1998 which made the difference. Although the US mediation was clearly an important factor, by employing the contingency model this research argues that both contextual variables and process variables determined the success of negotiations in 1998. Furthermore, they can explain the failure of the previous 4 years of negotiations.

Introducing a new dataset on leadership change in rebel groups, 1946–2010

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 306-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmela Lutmar ◽  
Lesley G Terris
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Theoretical Argument ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Leadership Change ◽  
Rebel Groups ◽  
Interstate Disputes ◽  
Leadership Changes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Qualitative Literature

Leaders and leadership changes are found to influence states’ foreign policy decisions, in particular with respect to war and peace between states. Although this issue is also addressed in the qualitative literature on intrastate wars, the influence of leadership turnovers in civil war has received limited systematic attention. One reason for this is the scarcity of quantitative data on rebel group leaderships. To fill this gap, we present a comprehensive dataset on leadership changes in rebel groups, 1946–2010, organized by rebel-month. The effects of leadership changes among parties engaged in civil war are argued to be more complex than those found in interstate disputes. In this article we present our theoretical argument followed by presentation of the variables in the dataset and descriptive statistics. To demonstrate the potential research value of the dataset we examine the impact of leader shifts on civil war settlement in Africa. We conclude with avenues for future research which might benefit from this dataset.

International Recognition, Compliance Costs, and the Formalities of War

Wars of Law ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 38-71
Author(s):  
Tanisha M. Fazal
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Civil Wars ◽  
International Community ◽  
Laws Of War ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Compliance Costs ◽  
Interstate War ◽  
Rebel Groups ◽  
International Recognition ◽  
Peace Treaties

This chapter develops the main arguments of the book, focusing on how belligerents in interstate and civil war have reacted to the development of the laws of war detailed in Chapter 2. States involved in interstate war are perversely incentivized to evade the laws of war as these laws have proliferated. Thus, they are decreasingly likely to engage the formalities of war, specifically declarations of war and peace treaties. Secessionist rebel groups fighting civil wars aim to please the international community, and therefore are decreasingly likely to declare independence formally, generally likely to avoid targeting civilians, and increasingly likely to conclude peace treaties.

A FALSE START: BETWEEN WAR AND PEACE IN THE SOUTHERN SUDAN, 1956–62

2011 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
ØYSTEIN H. ROLANDSEN
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Political Violence ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Government Officials ◽  
Southern Sudan ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
Economic Stagnation ◽  
Political Tension ◽  
False Start

ABSTRACTHistorians usually trace the start of the first civil war in the Southern Sudan to the Torit mutiny of 1955. However, organized political violence did not reach the level of civil war until 1963. This article argues that 1955–62 was a period of increasing political tension, local low-intensity violence, and social and economic stagnation. It shows how these conditions influenced the attitudes of government officials, informed the policies that they pursued, and made a Southern insurgency likely. This historical analysis helps explain why a full-scale civil war began in late 1963 and why it was not avoided.

The Tajik civil war and peace process

Civil Wars ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 49-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dov Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
War And Peace

To Appomattox and Beyond: The Civil War Soldier in War and Peace.

1997 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 178
Author(s):  
Jason H. Silverman ◽  
Larry M. Logue
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
War And Peace
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