Praise for the first edition:

Winner of the International Association for Conflict Management's Outstanding Book Award!

"In this well-researched and challenging book, the authors ... develop a framework for assessing the success or failure of peacekeeping. The book goes beyond traditional peacekeeping concerns and discusses important variables that affect the process of postconflict peace building.... Highly recommended." —Choice

"With respect to peace operations, 'success' and 'failure' are small words that often have big consequences. By mapping out the many dimensions across which success can be measured, Diehl and Druckman's book provides a sophisticated template for analyzing different types of peace operations—while simultaneously shattering the illusion that evaluating these missions is ever easy." —Paul D. Williams, George Washington University

How do we know whether a peace operation has been successful? How is success defined? And, success for whom? Paul Diehl and Daniel Druckman explore the complexities of evaluating peace operation outcomes, providing an original, detailed framework for assessment.

In this second edition of their book, the authors cover new peace operation mandates and provide an updated and greatly expanded set of success indicators. Their new decision template is designed to cover the widest possible range of operations, from traditional peacekeeping, to DDR, to humanitarian assistance, to election supervision, to security sector reform, and more. Addressing both the theoretical and the policy-relevant aspects of evaluation, their work is a foundation not only for the meaningful assessment of peace operations, but also for approaches that can increase the likelihood of positive outcomes.

CONTENTS: Evolving Peace Operations.Meeting the Challenges of Evaluation.Basic Security Mandates.Short- and Fixed-Term Mandates.Postconflict Peacebuilding.Expanding Peacebuilding Activities.Context Continues to Matter.Putting It All Together.