Talking to Terrorists: How to End Armed Conflicts (Paperback)
Jonathan Powell (author)
£10.99
Paperback
432 Pages /
Published: 19/11/2015
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Now includes a new Afterword - Talking to ISIL
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 to terrorists.
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
ISBN: 9780099575863
Number of pages: 432
Weight: 298 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 27 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
"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 enthralling case study of the art, in which Powell carefully establishes his argument for why dialogue with terror groups is usually necessary" -- Anthony Loyd * New Statesman *
"It is a witty, light-footed, anecdote-rich history of the recent art of talking to terrorists" -- Justin Webb * The Times *
"Thoughtful, well-structured, intelligent and well-informed" -- Conor Gearty * Irish Times *
"Intelligent and insightful book on conflict resolution" -- Andrew Lynch * Sunday Business Post *
"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 enthralling case study of the art, in which Powell carefully establishes his argument for why dialogue with terror groups is usually necessary" -- Anthony Loyd * New Statesman *
"It is a witty, light-footed, anecdote-rich history of the recent art of talking to terrorists" -- Justin Webb * The Times *
"Thoughtful, well-structured, intelligent and well-informed" -- Conor Gearty * Irish Times *
"Intelligent and insightful book on conflict resolution" -- Andrew Lynch * Sunday Business Post *
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