Barbara F. Walter

Of all the different types of civil war, disputes over self-determination are the most likely to escalate into war and resist compromise settlement. Meer

Using data on every civil war fought between 1940 and 1992, the author details the conditions that lead combatants to partake in what she defines as a three-step process - the decision on whether to initiate negotiations, to compromise, and, finally, to implement any resulting terms. Meer