Nationalism, International & World Politics, History & Theory, General, War & Peace, National & International Security, Political History, International Relations 

"Most recent wars have been complex and bloody internal conflicts driven to a significant degree by nationalism and ethnic animosity. Since the end of the Cold War, dozens of wars -- in Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia, the former Soviet Union, and elsewhere -- have killed or displaced millions of people. Understanding and controlling these wars has become one of the most important and frustrating tasks for scholars and political leaders.This revised and expanded edition of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict contains essays from some of the world's leading analysts of nationalism, ethnic conflict, and internal war. The essays from the first edition have been updated and supplemented by analyses of recent conflicts and new research on the resolution of ethnic and civil wars.The first part of the book addresses the roots of nationalistic and ethnic wars, focusing in particular on the former Yugoslavia. The second part assesses options for international action, including the use of force and the deployment of peacekeeping troops. The third part examines political challenges that often complicate attempts to prevent or end internal conflicts, including refugee flows and the special difficulties of resolving civil wars." --
 

Understanding the roots and causes of ethnic animosity; analyses of recent events in Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia, and the former Soviet Union.Most recent wars have been complex and bloody internal conflicts driven to a significant degree by nationalism and ethnic animosity. Since the end of the Cold War, dozens of wars―in Bosnia, Kosovo, Rwanda, Somalia, the former Soviet Union, and elsewhere―have killed or displaced millions of people. Understanding and controlling these wars has become one of the most important and frustrating tasks for scholars and political leaders.This revised and expanded edition of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict contains essays from some of the world's leading analysts of nationalism, ethnic conflict, and internal war. The essays from the first edition have been updated and supplemented by analyses of recent conflicts and new research on the resolution of ethnic and civil wars. The first part of the book addresses the roots of nationalistic and ethnic wars, focusing in particular on the former Yugoslavia. The second part assesses options for international action, including the use of force and the deployment of peacekeeping troops. The third part examines political challenges that often complicate attempts to prevent or end internal conflicts, including refugee flows and the special difficulties of resolving civil wars. - from Amzon 

Table of Contents
The causes of internal conflict : an overview by Michael E. Brown ..................P. 26
Hypotheses on nationalism and war by Stephen Van Evera ...........................P. 61
Nationalism and the marketplace of ideas by Jack Snyder and Karen Ballentine P. 97
The banality of "ethnic war" by John Mueller ..............................................P. 126
Containing fear : the origins and management of ethnic conflict by David Lake and Donald Rothchild ...................................................................................P. 163
Internal conflict and international action : an overview by Michael E. Brown and Chantal de Jonge Oudraat P. 193
Military responses to refugee disasters by Barry Posen ..............................P. 233
Kosovo and the great air power debate by Daniel L. Byman and Matthew C. Waxman .............................................................................................P. 267
Lessons of Liberia : ECOMOG and regional peacekeeping by Herbert Howe Peace building and the limits of liberal internationalism by Roland Paris .................P. 299
Refugee flows as grounds for international action by Gil Loescher and Alan Dowty ............................................................................................................P. 366
Spoiler problems in peace processes by Stephen John Stedman ...................P. 415
Designing transitions from civil war : demobilization, democratization and commitments to peace by Barbara F. Walter .............................................P. 444
Possible and impossible solutions to ethnic civil war by Chaim Kaufmann. .....P. 448