Securing Peace in Angola and Mozambique: The Importance of Specificity in Peace Treaties

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Explaining how and why there are such diverging outcomes of UN peace negotiations and treaties, this book offers a detailed examination of peace processes in order to demonstrate that how treaties are negotiated and written significantly impacts their implementation. Drawing on case studies from the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars, Miranda Melcher demonstrates the critical importance of specificity in peace treaties in understanding implementation outcomes for military integration. Based on unique primary source data, including interviews with key actors who have participated in peace treaty negotiations, as well as thousands of previously unassessed UN archival documents, 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.

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Miranda Melcher received her PhD in Defense Studies from Kings College London. She received her MA in Intelligence and International Security from the Department of War Studies at Kings College London, and her BA in Political Science from Yale University. Dr. Melcher currently works in the department of Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) at City, University of London.