Table of Contents

List of Figures and Maps ix List of Tables xi Acknowledgments xiii INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER ONE A Theory of Agreements and the Durability of Peace 10 CHAPTER TWO Investigating the Durability of Peace 39 CHAPTER THREE The Baseline Prospects for Peace 76 CHAPTER FOUR Agreements: Epiphenomenal or Functional? 114 CHAPTER FIVE Agreements and the Durability of Peace 151 CHAPTER SIX Peace Mechanisms: What Works and What Doesn't? 173 CONCLUSION 211 APPENDIX A Cease-Fires and the Resumption of War 217 APPENDIX B Cease-Fires Data Set 219 References 223 Index 235

Promotional Information

This is a first-rate work of political science. Page Fortna does something all too rare in contemporary international relations research. She asks a normatively important question--what factors determine the success or failure of a peace agreement following an interstate war?--and then develops a compelling answer based on a systematic and careful consideration of relevant evidence. Both as an example of research methods and for its substantive conclusions it should be a natural choice for graduate and advanced undergraduate seminars. -- James D. Fearon, Stanford University Addressing an extremely timely and important subject, this book will generate considerable interest from both the academic and policy community. Page Fortna offers a compelling analysis of the duration of peace and of the ability of belligerents and outsiders to affect the risks of a renewed war. Peace Time not only taught me a lot but also generated several new ideas I would like to pursue. I look forward to assigning it in both my undergraduate and graduate classes. -- Suzanne Werner, Emory University

About the Author

Virginia Page Fortna is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.

Reviews

"Peace Time deserves a prominent place in [the] new scholarship on war. The book is an outstanding example of creativity, scholarly attention to a normatively important question, hard-headed integrity as well as of the creative employment of multiple methods... Fortna has produced an important book."--H.E. Goemans, Japanese Journal of Political Science