Peace and Conflict

James R. Adams, PhD, a Vietnam veteran and professional field officer, has extensive on-the-ground experience in peace and stabilization operation roles with the United Nations and other international organizations in Africa, Kosovo, and Afghanistan.

Adams combines a lifetime of experience in some of the world’s most troubled spots with academic rigor and a passion for peace to share this remarkable narrative. From Air Force jet mechanic in Vietnam to UN peacebuilder in Kosovo, and now as a concerned citizen in a divided and troubled USA, he provides informed perspective with astute analysis, and he puts the current complex challenges in context and offers pathways to resolution. I enjoyed his first book, and this one is even better. I highly recommend it to anyone who seeks solutions to the conflicts in a complex and challenging world.

• List of IllustrationsList of TablesAbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgments IntroductionPart I: The Human Perspective1. A Broader Perspective / A Shared Awareness2. A Few Words About Conflict3. Qualifications and Certain Observations4. The Straight Path and DitchesPart II: Thoughts, Moments, Places5. Fate6. Vietnam7. Mayor’s Citizen’s Assistance Center8. Sudan9. Somalia10. Rwanda11. Kosovo12. AfghanistanPart III: The Conceptional Perspective13. Who Would Manage an Intervention in the United States?14. Stabilization and Peacebuilding Operation Basics15. Operationalized Negative and Positive Peace16. Peacebuilding and Intent17. The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina18. Interventions into the Recent Bosnian War19. Assessing a Negative and Positive Peace Status20. Implications,Conclusions,andRecommendations21. What Now?Appendix: A Day at Boot Camp Peace in Our TimeReferencesIndexAbout the Author