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Military Integration after Civil Wars

Gaub, Florence

2011,2010

Overview

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 the political will is present, the multiethnic military can become a symbol of reconciliation and coexistence. Furthermore, it shows that the military as a professional identity can supersede ethnic considerations and thus facilitates cooperation within the armed forces despite a hostile post-conflict setting. In this, the book challenges widespread theories about ethnic identities and puts professional identities on an equal footing with them. The book will be of great interest to students of military studies, ethnic conflict, conflict studies and peacebuilding, and IR in general Florence Gaub is a Researcher and Lecturer at the NATO Defence College in Rome. She holds a PhD in International Politics from Humboldt University, Berlin. Introduction 1. The Armed Forces as a Social Agent 2. Case Study Nigerian Army: From Colonial to Political 3. Case Study Lebanese Armed Forces: From Powerlessness to Integration? 4. Case Study Armies of Bosnia-Herzegovina: A State in Transit 5. Military Integration after Civil War: An Assessment. Conclusion Florence Gaub is a Researcher and Lecturer at the NATO Defence College in Rome. She holds a PhD in International Politics from Humboldt University, Berlin.

• Publisher: Routledge,Taylor and Francis,Taylor & Francis Group
• Subject: Armed Forces / Armed Forces -- Minorities / Armed Forces -- Minorities -- Case studies / Armies / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Civil war / Civil war -- Prevention / Civil Wars & Ethnic Conflict / Ethnic conflict / Ethnic conflict -- Prevention / Ethnicity / Identity / Interethnic conflict / Lebanon / Military / Military Studies / Minorities / Multinational states / Nigeria / Post-conflict reconstruction / Postwar reconstruction / Prevention / Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns / War & Conflict Studies
• ISBN: 9780415580946, 0415580943, 0415642027, 9780415642026