Assignment: Article Critique

In two to three pages, summarize and critique Chapter 2.8: Transforming the War Economy into the Peacekeeping Economy: Using Economic Relationships to Build a More Peaceful, Prosperous and Secure World, by Lloed J. Dumas, from Approaches to Peace: A Reader in Peace Studies. Explain the chapter's thesis and briefly outline the main argument. Then, evaluate the argument's strengths and weaknesses. Your summary and critique should each make up about half of your essay. (In other words, the critique should be at least one whole page, not just a couple of sentences tacked on at the end.) Support your interpretation by citing specific page numbers from the text, but do not simply quote the text. Rather, explain the text in your own words. The challenge of this assignment is to articulate all the main points of the chapter in less than two pages. You should try to explain everything someone would need to know to understand the chapter's argument. You will be graded on the accuracy of your summary and the insightfulness of your critique.