Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases

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Summary: A guide forged from realism and worldwide experience
Review: The collaborative effort of Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall, Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation In The Hardest Cases is a resource written by expert mediators and social scientists, persuasively arguing that even the most stubborn conflicts are not immune to mediation - if the mediator knows what to do and how to do it. Explicitly spelling out what is vital to make peace stick and what is a recipe for disaster - for example, the absolute necessity of hammering out a framework of negotiation or a declaration of principles, in addition to maintaining a secure home base, being on guard for peace spoilers, setting a realistic timetable for disarmament, and a solid sequence for which core issues fueling the conflict will be addressed - Taming Intractable Conflicts is a guide forged from realism and worldwide experience. Scrutinizing conflicts from the Rwandan genocide to violence in Ireland, wars in Afghanistan, turbulence in Sri Lanka and much more, Taming Intractable Conflicts grounds its principle in the lessons of history itself, especially twentieth-century history. An absolute must-read for anyone with a personal or professional interest in global diplomacy and peacemaking.