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Military Integration after Civil Wars

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Multiethnic Armies, Identity and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Military Integration after Civil Wars

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Military Integration after Civil Wars book

Multiethnic Armies, Identity and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
ByFlorence Gaub
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2010
eBook Published 2 September 2010
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203841051
Pages 192
eBook ISBN 9780203841051
Subjects Politics & International Relations
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Gaub, F. (2010). Military Integration after Civil Wars: Multiethnic Armies, Identity and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203841051

ABSTRACT

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|10 pages

The armed forces as a social agent

chapter 2|27 pages

Case study: the Nigerian Army – from colonial to political

chapter 3|35 pages

Case study: the Lebanese armed forces – from powerlessness to integration?

chapter 4|34 pages

Case study: the armies of Bosnia- Herzegovina – a state in transit

chapter 5|26 pages

Military integration after civil wars: An assessment

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