Power, Institutions, and Leadership in War and Peace

David R. Mares is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, where he also serves as Institute of the Americas Chair for Inter-American Affairs and is Director of the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. His previous books include Drug Wars and Coffeehouses: The Political Economy of Drug Policy, Violent Peace: Militarized Interstate Bargaining in Latin America, and The United States and Chile: Coming in from the Cold with Francisco Rojas Aravena. David Scott Palmer is Professor of International Relations and of Political Science at Boston University, where he is also Founding Director of the Latin American Studies Program. His previous books include U.S. Relations with Latin America during the Clinton Years, Shining Path of Peru (ed.), and Peru: The Authoritarian Tradition.

The analysis of developments during the years 1995 to 1998 is especially masterful, artfully weaving together the many different strands. The book also benefits from the provision of some good maps and helpful chronologies…Mares and Palmer have undoubtedly written the most comprehensive work possible on the Ecuador Peru territorial settlement pending the future opening of the diplomatic archives of the key players. (International Affairs)

• Preface Chapter 1. Introduction: Explaining Interstate Conflict and Boundary Disputes in Post–Cold War Latin America Chapter 2. Two Nations in Conflict Chapter 3. Presidential Decision Making: The Institutional and Personal Context Chapter 4. Domestic Politics and the Push toward War Chapter 5. The Domestic Bases for Resolution Chapter 6. Hemispheric Diplomacy and the Politics of a Solution Chapter 7. Conclusions: Lessons Learned, Progress Achieved, and Implications for Other Boundary Disputes Appendix A. Effective Number of Parties Appendix B. Ecuadorean Attitudes toward Relations with Peru (November 1992) Appendix C. Polling Data on Border Issues (1994–1996) Notes Bibliography Index