Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide

An award-winning expert on international affairs and military history reveals the astounding truth about war Peacekeeping is working Read the newspapers and youll be convinced war is worse than its ever been more civilian deaths more rapes more armed conflicts all around the world But as leading scholar and writer Joshua Goldstein shows in this vivid dramatic book the reality is just the opposite We are in the midst of a general decline in armed conflict that is truly extraordinary in human history Winning the War on War is filled with startling observations including - had one of the lowest death rates from war relative to population of any year ever - No national armies are currently fighting one another--all current wars are civil wars - UN peacekeeping actually works very well and percent of Americans support the UN according to a recent poll Goldstein has compiled evidence ranging from the histories of UN peacekeeping missions to the latest Swedish data on armed conflicts He tells the stories of peacekeeping failures such as Bosnia and Rwanda but also the less heralded success stories such as Mozambique and El Salvador In this quotboots on the groundquot account Goldstein shows why global peacekeeping efforts are working--how large-scale looting sexual assault and genocidal atrocities are being stopped--and how we can continue winning the war on war.