Must We Fight?: From the Battlefield to the Schoolyard-A New Perspective on Violent Conflict and Its Prevention

Must We Fight?: From the Battlefield to the Schoolyard-A New Perspective on Violent Conflict and Its Prevention Book Description

The world struggles with violent conflicts that are unsolvable and inevitable, as if they were part of human nature. Not true, says William Ury, a world famous, best-selling author and top-level negotiator. In this encouraging and startlingly original book, he and several colleagues provide new research and insights into human behavior and human nature which show that we are not, in fact, doomed to violent conflict. He outlines an innovative program for personal and community empowerment called The Third Side, which shows how we can intervene-both as individuals, and within organizations-to support healthy conflict while preventing destructive confrontation.

Praise for William L. Ury

"William Ury is an acknowledged authority on negotiating in difficult situations."
-- John Kenneth Galbraith

"Bill Ury has a remarkable ability to get to the heart of a dispute and find simple but innovative ways to resolve it."
-- President Jimmy Carter

In this landmark book, William Ury-- best-selling author and director of the Project on Preventing War at the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School-- and a stellar panel of experts from several scientific disciplines debunk the commonly held notion that violence is a predictable part of the human condition and outline an innovative paradigm for preventing violent confrontations. "Must We Fight?" presents compelling new research and insights into human nature which clearly demonstrate that humankind is not doomed to continue the seemingly endless cycle of violent conflict. With intelligence and sensitivity, Ury describes a brilliant program for personal and community empowerment called The Third Side. As he explains, in most conflicts between two parties there is actually a third entity-the community in which the combatants, and their dispute, are embedded. The Third Side is a proven model for ending conflict that shows how to mobilize communities to stop and, in some cases, prevent individual and group violence.

William L Ury has contributed to Must We Fight?: From the Battlefield to the Schoolyard-A New Perspective on Violent Conflict and Its Prevention as an editor. William L. Ury, a consultant, writer, and lecturer on negotiation, is associate director of the Harvard Negotiation Project.

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