Negotiating a peaceful end to civil wars, which often includes an attempt to bring together former rival military or insurgent factions into a new national army, has been a frequent goal of conflict resolution practitioners since the Cold War. In practice, however, very little is known about what works, and what doesn't work, in bringing together former opponents to build a lasting peace. Contributors to this volume assess why some civil wars result in successful military integration while others dissolve into further strife, factionalism, and even renewed civil war. Eleven cases are studied in detail-Sudan, Zimbabwe, Lebanon, Rwanda, the Philippines, South Africa, Mozambique, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi-while other chapters compare military integration with corporate mergers and discuss some of the hidden costs and risks of merging military forces. New Armies from Old fills a serious gap in our understanding of civil wars, their possible resolution, and how to promote lasting peace, and will be of interest to scholars and students of conflict resolution, international affairs, and peace and security studies.
Foreword by Bruce Russett 1. Introduction Roy Licklider2. Mixed Motives? Explaining the Decision to Integrate Militaries at Civil War's End Caroline HartzellPart I: Early Adopters3. Sudan 1972-1983 Matthew LeRiche4. Military Integration from Rhodesia to ZimbabwePaul Jackson5. Merging Militaries: The Lebanese Case Florence Gaub Part II: Autonomous Development6. From Failed Power Sharing in Rwanda to Successful Top-Down Military Integration Stephen Burgess 7. From Rebels to Soldiers: An Analysis of the Philippine Policy of Integrating Former Moro National Liberation Front Combatants into the Armed Forces Rosalie Arcala Hall8. South Africa Roy Licklider Part III: International Involvement9. Half-Brewed: The Lukewarm Results of Creating an Integrated Military in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Judith Verweijen10. Merging Militaries: Mozambique Andrea Bartoli and Martha Mutisi11. Bosnia-Herzegovina: From Three Armies to One Rohan Maxwell12. Bringing the Good, the Bad and the Ugly into the Peace Fold: The Republic of Sierra Leone's Armed Forces after the Lome Peace AgreementMimmi Soderberg Kovacs13. Military Integration in Burundi, 2000-2006 Cyrus Samii Part IV: Alternative Perspectives14. The Industrial Organization of Merged Armies David Laitin15. Military Dis-Integration: Canary in the Coal Mine? Ronald R. Krebs16. So What? Roy Licklider ReferencesContributorsIndex
