Wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure. The overwhelming majority end in military stalemate and are settled at the negotiating table, with the grievances that led to the war still unresolved. In Disarming Conflict famed peace activist Ernie Regehr shows that force cannot simply override or transcend the social, political, and economic realities of conflict. War prevention, Regehr argues, is more successful when security policies address the conditions that most directly affect people’s lives and that are most instrumental in generating deep grievances and the despairing conclusion that there are no alternatives to the violence. Disarming Conflict sets out approaches, initiatives, and policies that steer away from the futility of fighting and promote non-military efforts towards “winning the peace.”
Author(s): Ernie Regehr
Publisher: Zed Books
Year: 2015
Language: English
Pages: 232
City: Toronto
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction Fighting to Lose
Chapter 1 A Quarter Century of Failed War
Chapter 2 Wars and Rumours of Wars: How Wars Start
Chapter 3 How Civil Wars End
Chapter 4 How International Wars End
Chapter 5 The Limits of Force
Chapter 6 Disarming Security: Preventing War
Chapter 7 Disarming Conflict: A Treaty to Control the Arms Trade
Chapter 8 Disarming the Bomb: Nuclear Disarmament
Chapter 9 When Prevention Fails: Protecting the Vulnerable
Chapter 10 Peace After the Sun Goes Down
Notes
