Description: Although there are numerous specialized works that treat the individual options, and several volumes explore the utility of these efforts in a single case study, there is currently no equivalent, recent work that treats under one cover the various third party options for influ...
Brief description: William J. Lahneman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Security Studies and International Affairs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, USA.
Review Quotes:
"A hugely comprehensive presentation of conflict management, rich with concepts and case studies to guide third party intervenors and analysts, written by a broad mixture of younger scholars and established authorities, and designed to improve understanding and practice with a 'responsibility to perfect' the world." --I. William Zartman, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
"Rudolph and Lahneman have assembled a formidable range of contributors who examine the complexity of third-party intervention in communal conflicts with rigorous conceptual depth and an impressive empirical breadth, offering important insights into the conditions under which outsiders can help to build stable and democratic states after violent conflict." --Stefan Wolff, professor of international security, University of Birmingham, England