This critical and comparative book is comprised of arguments for and against the dominant western style of peace interventions and post-war reconstruction that has been applied around the world. It examines and assesses the nature of the peace that these have achieved or offer for the future.

1. Myth or Reality: Opposing Views on the Liberal Peace and Post-war Reconstruction Roger Mac Ginty and Oliver Richmond 2. For Better, for Worse: How America's Foreign Policy became Wedded to Liberal Universalism Adam Quinn and Michael Cox 3. Hegemony, Modernisation and Post-war Reconstruction Tim Jacoby 4. Reconstruction: The Bringing of Peace and Plenty or Occult Imperialism? Andrew Williams 5. What Fit for the Liberal Peace in Africa? Ian Taylor 6. Two Ugandas and a "Liberal Peace"? Lessons from Uganda about Conflict and Development at the Start of a New Century Timothy M. Shaw and Pamela K. Mbabazi 7. Justice as Peace? Liberal Peacebuilding and Strategies of Transitional Justice Chandra Lekha Sriram 8. EU Statebuilding: Securing the Liberal Peace through EU Enlargement David Chandler

Roger Mac Ginty is a Reader at the School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews. He specialises in the study of conflict, political violence and conflict transformation. His last monograph was No War, No Peace: The rejuvenation of stalled peace processes and peace accord (Palgrave 2006).

Oliver Richmond is a Professor at the School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews, where he also directs the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. He focuses on the question of peace in IR and the study of conflict. His most recent publications were Peace in IR (Routledge, 2008) and The Transformation of Peace (Palgrave 2005).