"Rhetorical contests about how to frame war itself run alongside many armed conflicts. But how do different individuals utilize the frames around them? Written for anyone interested in conflict and peacebuilding, and based on over 100 in-depth interviews in Colombia, this book examines how gendered framing contests between warring groups affect long-term peace"--

Rachel Schmidt, PhD, is a senior national security analyst and a research fellow at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs. She is an expert in armed conflict and human rights and has done fieldwork in Colombia, Ecuador, the UK, and Canada.

1. What's in a frame?; 2. A history of (gendered) violence in Colombia; 3. Navigating disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration in Colombia; 4. Framing victimhood; 5. Contesting the victimhood frame; 6. Framing a revolution; 7. Countering the revolution frame; 8. Deserters vs. loyalists; 9. Contesting the deserter frame; 10; Framing reintegration; Bibliography; Appendix A; Appendix B; Index.