Securing Peace in Angola and Mozambique

The Importance of Specificity in Peace Treaties

Dr Miranda Melcher (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2025 | NIPPOD
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-40796-1 (ISBN)

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This book helps explain how and why there are such diverging outcomes of UN peace negotiations and treaties through a detailed examination of peace processes in the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Does it really matter what's written on page 36, protocol V, section III, point 5 of a UN-endorsed peace treaty? Dr. Miranda Ruwart Melcher shows that seemingly small details - such as who wears suits, who has toothbrushes, and how specific words are translated between French and English - can and have delayed peace or contributed to restarting wars.

Dr. Melcher uses unique primary source data, including interviews with key actors who have participated in peace treaty negotiations, as well as thousands of previously newly opened UN documents. She argues that treaty specificity is an undervalued - but important - factor in researching the success or failure of peace processes. The book offers new insights and policy recommendations for key details whose presence or absence can have a significant impact on how peace processes unfold.

Miranda Ruwart Melcher received her PhD in Defence Studies from King’s College London. She received her MA in Intelligence and International Security from the Department of War Studies at King’s College London, and her BA in Political Science from Yale University.

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction, Methodology, and Literature Review
Chapter 2: The Angolan and Mozambican Civil Wars
Chapter 3: Towards Peace: The Angolan Bicesse Accords and the Mozambican Rome Agreement
Chapter 4: Diverging Paths: Failed Peace in Angola & Progress in Mozambique
Chapter 5: Peace at last: Ending Angola’s War and Reconstructing Mozambique
Chapter 6: Treaty Writing and Implementation of Post-Conflict Military Integration: Discussion & Conclusions
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.08.2023
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-350-40796-8 / 1350407968
ISBN-13	978-1-350-40796-1 / 9781350407961
Zustand	Neuware