<DIV><BR><p>Everyone knows: wars are getting worse, more civilians are dying, and peacemaking achieves nothing, right? Wrong.</p><p>Despite all the bad-news headlines, peacekeeping <I>is</I> working. Fewer wars are starting, more are ending, and those that remain are smaller and more localized. But peace doesn't just happen; it needs to be put into effect. Moreover, understanding the global decline in armed conflict is crucial as America shifts to an era of lower military budgets and operations.<br><br> Preeminent scholar of international relations, Joshua Goldstein, definitively illustrates how decades of effort by humanitarian aid agencies, popular movements—and especially the United Nations—have made a measureable difference in reducing violence in our times. Goldstein shows how we can continue building on these inspiring achievements to keep winning the war on war.</p></div>