The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

Arbinger Institute

ReadHowYouWant.com, 2008 - Family & Relationships - 231 pages

From the authors of the international bestseller Leadership and Self-Deception comes a groundbreaking work that instills hope and inspires reconciliation. Through a moving story of parents who are struggling with their children and with problems that have come to consume their lives, we learn from once-bitter enemies the way to find peace whenever war is upon us. 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 systematically perpetuate the very problems we think we are trying to solve? Every day. Like Arbingers international bestseller Leadership and Self-Deception, The Anatomy of Peace helps us see how we actually cause the problems we think are caused by other people. Were trapped by preconceived ideas and self-justifying reactions that keep us from seeing the world clearly and dealing with it effectively. As a result, our efforts to make things better all too often make them worse. Through an intriguing story of parents who are struggling with their children and with problems that have come to consume their lives, we learn from once-bitter enemies the way to find peace whenever war is upon us. Yusuf al-Falah, an Arab, and Avi Rozen, a Jew, each lost his father at the hands of the others ethnic cousins. The Anatomy of Peace is the story of how they came together, how they help warring parents and children to come together, and how we too can find our way out of the struggles that weigh us down.

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User Review  - deusvitae - LibraryThing

An application of the dangers of self-deception message promoted by the Arbinger Institute, this time in terms of all sorts of relationships, from family members to among nation-states. The ...

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User Review  - DelightedLibrarian - LibraryThing

I love this book because if you read it with an open heart, your heart will change. You come to see the truth behind your actions, thoughts and beliefs.

Contents

• Enemies in the Desert: 3
• Deeper Matters: 14
• Peace in Wartime: 30
• Beneath Behavior: 43
• The Pattern of Conflict: 58
• Escalation: 76
• The Right Thing and the Right Way: 85
• From Peace to: 101
• Reality: 103
• The Beginning of an Idea: 114
• Choosing War: 122
• A Need for War: 138
• Germs of Warfare: 159
• More Germ Warfare: 172
• The Path to War: 184
• From War to Peace: 209
• Apologies: 211
• A Gift in Wartime: 220
• Marching Bootless: 234
• Surrender: 246
• Locating the Peace Within: 258
• Finding Outward Peace: 269
• Action: 289
• Spreading Peace: 303
• A Strategy of Peace: 305
• Lessons: 322
• Peace on Mount Moriah: 332
• About The Arbinger Institute: 339

About the author

The Arbinger Institute helps organizations, families, individuals, and communities worldwide to correct the trouble created by the little-known but pervasive problem of self-deception. Arbinger is led internationally by founding partners James Ferrell, Duane Boyce, Paul Smith, and Terry Warner. Headquartered in the United States, Arbinger now has operations around the world, including throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, Oceania, and Asia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict; BK Life Series; BK life book
• Author: Arbinger Institute
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com, 2008
• ISBN: 1576759555, 9781576759554
• Length: 231 pages
• Subjects: FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS; Family & Relationships / Conflict Resolution; Self-Help / Personal Growth / General