In contrast to peaceful power-dividing negotiations, how do Hartzell and Hoddie characterize another method for ending ongoing civil violence?
a. Civil violence is stopped by UN interventions.
b. Civil violence is allowed to burn itself out until one side is victorious.
c. Civil violence rarely has a definitive ending to the conflict, so no intervention is effective.
d. Civil violence only hurts the nation in which the conflict is occurring and will cease once resources are exhausted.
b
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