Is a Bad Peace Better than War?

Benjamin Franklin, remarking on the coming end of the American Revolutionary War, said that “there was never a good War, or a bad Peace.” But is this really the case?

In this short episode, I discuss a couple of examples of post-conflict violence, Northern Ireland and Guatemala, looking at how peace deals often serve to redistribute violence. 

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