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Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts
Jonathan Powell
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Description for Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts
Paperback. Drawing on conflicts from Colombia and Sri Lanka to Palestine and South Africa, this book is about how and why we should talk to terrorists. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JPSD; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 308.
Across the world governments proclaim that they will never ‘negotiate with evil’.
And yet they always have and always will.
From jungle clearings to stately homes and anonymous airport hotels, Talking to Terrorists puts us in the room with the terrorists, secret agents and go-betweens who seek to change the course of history.
Jonathan Powell has spent nearly two decades mediating between governments and terrorist organisations. Drawing on conflicts from Colombia and Sri Lanka to Palestine and South Africa, this optimistic, wide-ranging, authoritative book is about how and why we should talk ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
314g
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099575863
SKU
V9780099575863
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Jonathan Powell
Jonathan Powell has spent half a lifetime talking to people and organisations labelled as terrorists. He runs Inter Mediate, a London-based charity for negotiation and mediation that focuses on the most difficult, complex and dangerous conflicts, where other organisations are unable to operate. In 1997 he met Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness and became instrumental in negotiating peace ... Read more
Reviews for Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts
Essential reading for all parties in conflict
Patrick Cockburn
Independent
Fascinating
Michael Ignatieff
Sunday Times
This is an inspiring book. You’ll enter the New Year shaking hands with all.
Kirsty Brimelow
The Times
This is an unusual, indeed a unique, book
Oliver Miles
Guardian
The book is an ... Read more
Patrick Cockburn
Independent
Fascinating
Michael Ignatieff
Sunday Times
This is an inspiring book. You’ll enter the New Year shaking hands with all.
Kirsty Brimelow
The Times
This is an unusual, indeed a unique, book
Oliver Miles
Guardian
The book is an ... Read more