The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

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Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Jul 13, 2015 - Business & Economics - 288 pages
This phenomenal bestseller—over 525,000 copies sold—explores how we often misunderstand the causes of our conflicts and shows us the paths to achieving true peace within ourselves and our relationships.

From the authors of Leadership and Self-Deception comes a new edition of an international bestseller that instills hope and inspires reconciliation. What if conflicts at home, conflicts at work, and conflicts in the world stem from the same root cause? What if we systematically misunderstand that cause? And what if, as a result, we unwittingly perpetuate the very problems we think we are trying to solve?

This book unfolds as a story. Yusuf al-Falah, an Arab, and Avi Rozen, a Jew, each lost his father at the hands of the other's ethnic cousins. The Anatomy of Peace is the story of how they came together, how they help warring parents and children come together, and how we too can find our way out of the personal, professional, and global conflicts that weigh us down, even when war is upon us.
 

Contents

Preface
The Heart of Peace
Enemies in the Desert
Deeper Matters
Peace in Wartime
Beneath Behavior
The Pattern of Conflict
Escalation
More Germ Warfare
The Path to
From War to Peace
Apologies
A Gift in Wartime
Marching Bootless
Surrender
Locating the Peace Within

The Right Thing and the Right
From Peace to
Reality
The Beginning of an Idea
Choosing
A Need for
Germs of Warfare
Finding Outward Peace
A Strategy of Peace
Lessons
Peace on Mount Moriah
Index
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The Arbinger Institute is an international training, consulting, and coaching firm that specializes in conflict resolution and peacemaking ―whether in families, in organizations, or between communities or nations. Arbinger’s clients range from individuals who are seeking help in their lives to families who are trying to strengthen and rebuild relationships to many of the largest companies and governmental institutions in the world, where Arbinger helps to establish new levels of teamwork and cooperation. For more information about Arbinger, please visit www.arbinger.com.

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