When it comes to conflict resolution, is an ounce of prevention worth a pound of cure? Leading scholars lay out an analytical and methodological framework for evaluating this question, and case studies on global hotspots from Bosnia to Somalia, Rwanda, Cambodia, and El Salvador (among others) put it to the test.

Chapter 1 Comparing Costs of Prevention and the Costs of Conflict: Toward a New Methodology Part 2 Failed Prevention Chapter 3 Bosnia Chapter 4 Rwanda Chapter 5 Somalia Chapter 6 Haiti Chapter 7 The Persian Gulf Part 8 Initial Prevention Chapter 9 Macedonia Chapter 10 Slovakia Chapter 11 Mid-Course Prevention Chapter 12 Cambodia Chapter 13 El Salvador Chapter 14 The Case for Conflict Prevention

Edited by Michael E. Brown and Richard N. Rosecrance - Contributions by Mike Blakley; Renée de Nevers; Andrea Kathryn Talentino and Bradley Thayer