Description
Book SynopsisHazen challenges the commonly held view that rebel groups can get what they want, when they want it, and when they most need it, offering a better understanding of rebel group capacity and options for war and war termination.
Trade Review"Jennifer M. Hazen argues in What Rebels Want that rebels engage in a continuous struggle to get the resources that they need to buy weapons, pay fighters, and keep rival groups from doing the same. Rebels are the main actors and they exercise agency. In Hazen's view, the intensity and character of resource flows have considerable bearing on rebel capacities to continue to fight, and thus on their political strategies." -- William Reno, Northwestern University
Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Never-Ending Wars: Explaining Conflict Duration2. Resources, Options, and Preferences in War3. Sierra Leone Rebels: The Revolutionary United Front4. Liberia's Rebels: LURD and MODEL5. Côte d'Ivoire: From the MPCI to the Forces NouvellesConclusionIndex
