Conflicts


The Art of War
War: How Conflict Shaped Us
The Second World War
The Fall of Berlin 1945
The Kite Runner
Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle For Modern Europe
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017
History of the Peloponnesian War
The Ultimate Weapon is No Weapon: Human Security and the New Rules of War and Peace
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
The Korean War: A History
The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures, #1)
War's Unwomanly Face
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerOn Violence by Hannah ArendtSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildWhite Rage by Carol  Anderson
A History of Violence
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Karl Braungart
 “We think a spy scheme could be brewing with one or more of the Middle East scientists going to Los Alamos.
Karl Braungart, Fatal Identity

Peter T. Coleman
See the system. When you find yourself stuck in an oversimplified polarized conflict, a useful first step is to try to become more aware of the system as a whole: to provide more context to your understanding of the terrain in which the stakeholders are embedded, whether they are disputants, mediators, negotiators, lawyers, or other third parties. This can help you to see the forest and the trees; it is a critical step toward regaining some sense of accuracy, agency, possibility, and control in ...more
Peter T. Coleman, The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts

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