International Conflict Resolution: The U.S.-USSR and Middle East Cases. (book reviews)

Louis Kriesberg takes politics seriously. Peace does not come from some abstract "game" played by "actors" who adopt certain tactics suggested by group experiments. It comes, rather, through the slow accumulation of agreements, treaties, and settlements negotiated over specific issues.

Building on I. William Zartman's (1985) Ripe for Resolution: Conflict and Intervention in Africa, and Janice Stein's (1989) Getting to the Table, Kriesberg raises a number of critical questions: what are the pre-conditions for "de-escalation" initiatives? Under what ...

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