Introduction by Kofi Annan Conflict:Iraq;Lebanon, Afghanistan Conflict:Israel Palestine Conflict:Southern Sudan Conflict:Aceh, Indonesia Conflict :Sri Lanka Conflict:Cyprus
Harriet Martin covered the war in Bosnia for the Financial Times and the Economist in the mid-1990s, and subsequently worked at the BBC in London. She was a correspondent for the Independent in Geneva before joining the United Nations as a speech writer and political analyst.
"Few professions are more needed today -- and less understood --
than the job of an international conflict mediator. Harriet
Martin's vivid story-telling helps us get inside the minds and
hearts of six master mediators so we can learn what they do, why
they do it, how they fail, and how they succeed. A wonderful read -
I recommend it highly!" William Ury, co-author "Getting to Yes" and
author, The "Third Side".
*William Ury*
"A fascinating read...the inside story of some of the world's most
intractable conflicts, Harriet Martin has secured access to some of
the world's most impressive diplomats and she tells their stories
with flair." Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC Newshour presenter and author
of Pakistan: Eye of the Storm
*Owen Bennett-Jones*
In this highly readable book, Harriet Martin has shed a bright
light on the personalities and tactics of modern conflict mediators
-- individuals who are rarely heralded, and almost never studied,
and yet whose decisions affect the lives of millions. Martin's
tales from the front will change the way we see the role of
foreigners in conflict. The lessons she draws - if heeded - could
dramatically improve the peace-makers' odds." Samantha Power,
Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "A Problem from Hell": America and
the Age of Genocide"
*Samantha Power*
"Kings of Peace is a straightforward account of the experiences of
those engaged in conflict resolution" South China Morning Post,
3/9/06
*Tim Cribb*
"As an academic who is interested in the field of conflict
resolution, I was delighted to be offered the opportunity to review
this book. The book is well written and interesting and contains
fine analytical thinking about her interviews and other material
she selected concerning the mediations she discusses in her book.
Her narratives are excellent, thoughtful narratives by a
knowledgeable journalist with access to the mediators whose
mediations she discusses."
*PsycCRITIQUES*
'Kings of Peace, Pawns of War is well written and interesting
and contains fine analytical thinking.' 'Her narratives...
are excellent, thoughtful narratives by a knowledgeable journalist
with access to the mediators whose mediations she discusses.'
- Morton Deutsch, PsycCRITIQUES
*Morton Deutsch*
"Building on the author's conversations with six mediators, members
of their teams and representatives of the parties they have worked
with in Iraq, Cyprus, Aceh, Sri Lanka and Sudan, this book offers a
unique glimpse into the secluded world of international
peacemaking.... While contributing to an understanding of the
everyday trials and tribulations of mediation in track-one
peacemaking, a world where glamour appears conspicuously absent,
Martin's book also invites reflections on the nature of peace
processes.... Unwittingly or not, Martin's fascinating book lends
support to the contention that mediation is as much an art as a
science..."- Ann-Sofi Jakobsson Hatay, Journal of Peace and
Research, Vol. 44 No. 1 January 2007
*Journal of Peace and Research*
"Regardless of their relatively obscure public personae, the book's
subjects are captivating. Here are men who have forged careers in
civil service and who, together with "a phenomenal ability to
listen," bring to the negotiating table their diplomatic savoir
faire...Antonia Potter's analytical and well-informed epilogue does
much to put the subjects in a more academic context and to
encourage further reading and research. It is perhaps the greatest
asset of this balanced book that, while not being an exhaustive
study of any one of the cases it deals with, it employs wit and the
seemingly effortless writing of a journalist to bridge the gap and
engross us all in these fascinating and current stories.
Furthermore, at a time when foreign intervention is more topical
than ever, it makes a convincing case for mediation and the power
of diplomacy as a way of embracing our collective responsibility to
protect nations emerging from conflict." -Katya Leney-Hall, Ph.D.,
International Journal on World Peace, December 2008
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