Sustaining Peace After Civil War

Thorsten Gromes' 'Sustaining Peace After Civil War' analyzes 48 cases of civil war termination between 1990 and 2009 to identify factors that influence whether peace endures or violence recurs.

The book emphasizes the role of how wars end (victory, negotiated agreement, or ceasefire), the post-war distribution of military power versus political compromise, and the broader peacekeeping environment.

It draws on an original dataset built from detailed case descriptions and expert reviews to test hypotheses about convergence or divergence between military power and political benefits.

Gromes finds that peace agreements perform comparably to military victories in producing stable peace, that ceasefires are particularly precarious, and that peacekeeping effectiveness depends heavily on contextual conditions.

The work is aimed at academics and policymakers engaged in post-conflict stabilization and peace operations.