Subjects:

• Psychology » Psychology (General)
• Military Studies » Military Studies (General)
• Political Science » Political Science (General)

Reviews:

• [T]he real value for the military professional is the perspective each volume provides on such issues as warring, conflict, and peace. This set will make an invaluable contribution to the library of any military professional, defense intellectual, or academician concerned with the conduct of war, peacekeeping, or stability operations.
  —PARAMETERS
• Among the many multi-authored works on political violence published since 9/11, this is one of the best and most expansive. Fitzduff and Stout bring together 36 valuable contributions by 51 authors (all psychologists) exploring the issues of war and conflict resolution. Volume 1 offers diverse perspectives on the causal factors of political violence; volume 2 focuses on the role of group and social factors in causing peaceful or violent outcomes; and volume 3 outlines the modalities of intervention to stop conflict and promote reconciliation and peace. Fitzduff's introductory chapter provides helpful overviews of the main theoretical and practical issues. Her conclusion reiterates the increasing utility of psychology in identifying both the causes of wars and violence within states and the means to move toward peace. She includes in these volumes a 15-point summary of the findings and suggestions, which she hopes will inform the decisions of policy makers. Although this idealism is laudable, policy makers have little interest in sound scholarship or translating academic wisdom into practice. But this is must reading for those concerned about a peaceful future. Essential. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
  —Choice

Table of Contents:

• Volume One: Nature vs. Nurture
  Series Foreword: by Chris E. Stout
  Ending Wars: Developments, Theories, and Practice by Mari Fitzduff
  Human Nature, Ethnic Violence, and War by Melvin Konner
  Tribal, "Ethnic," and Global Wars, by R. Brian Ferguson
  The Neuropsychology of Conflict: Implications for Peacemaking, by Douglas Noll
  Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Killing, by James Waller
  Fundamentalism, Violence, and War, by Harold Ellens
  Humiliation, Killing, War, and Gender, by Evelin G. Lindner
  Lessons for the Rest of Us: Learning from Peaceful Societies, by Bruce Bonta and Douglas Fry
  Integrative Complexity and Decisionmaking in International Confrontations, by Peter Suedfeld, D. Leighton, and L. G. Conway
  Emotion, Alienation, and Narratives in Protracted Conflict, by Suzanne Retzinger and Thomas Scheff
  The Capacity for Religious Experience Is an Evolutionary Adaptation to Warfare, by Allen MacNeill
  Conflict Transformation: A Group Relations Perspective, by Tracy Wallach
  Mapping Theories of Practice and Change in Ethnic Conflict Interventions, by Daniel Shapiro and Vanessa Liu
  Conclusions: What Can We Do? by Mari Fitzduff
  Volume Two: Group and Social Factors
  Series Foreword: Chris E. Stout
  Ending Wars: Developments, Theories, and Practice, by Mari Fitzduff
  The Cultural and Psychological Origins of War with Notes on Prevention, by Ervin Staub
  The Cultural Constructions of Conflict and Peace, by Paul Pedersen
  Intrastate Conflict: Instigation, Propagation, and Resolution, by Neil Ferguson
  Contributory Ingredients in Conflict and Warring, by Chris E. Stout
  Intergroup Contact and the Improvement of Intergroup Relations, by Nicole Tausch, Jared Kenworthy, and Miles Hewstone
  Lessons from Interactive Problem Solving for the Policy Process, by Herb Kelman
  Dialogue and Social Justice in Workshops of Jews and Arabs in Israel, by Ifat Maoz
  National Identity Formation and Conflict Intentions, by Karyna Korostelina
  Adolescents and Political Violence, by Brian Barber, Julie Schluterman, Ellen Denny, and Robert McCouch
  Violence Begets Violence: The Consequences of Violence Become Causation, by Rachel MacNair
  Intimate Enemies: Towards a Social Psychology of Reconciliation, by Kimberly Theidon
  Conclusions: What Can We Do? by Mari Fitzduff
  Volume Three: Interventions
  Series Foreword, by Chris E. Stout
  Ending Wars: Developments, Theories, and Practice, by Mari Fitzduff
  Theories of Practice and Change in Ethnic Conflict Interventions, by Ilana Shapiro
  Peacemaking among Higher-Order Primates, by Jordan Peterson
  Interactive Conflict Resolution: Addressing Violent Ethnopolitical Conflict, by Ronald Fisher
  Creative Approaches to Reconciliation, by Cynthia Cohen
  The Role of "Voice" in Conflict Deescalation and Resolution, by Tamara D'Estree
  Building a Peace Constituency: Implementing a Peace Agreement in the Middle East, by Byron Bland, Brenda Marea Powell, and Lee Ross
  A Diplomacy Conflict Resolution Program, by Stephen Fabick
  Using Psychosocial-Healing in Post-Conflict Reconstruction, by Paula Gutlove and Gordon Thompson
  Reintegrating Demobilized Militia and Former Combatants: Lessons Learned in Somalia, by Jane Mocellin and H. Bulhan
  Child Soldering: Entry, Reintegration, and Breaking Cycles of Violence, by Mike Wessels
  Revisiting Military Persuasion and the War on Terror, by Stephen Cimbala
  The Psychology of Successful War: Considerations for War on Terrorism, by Steven Silver
  Cultural Precursors and Psychological Consequences of Contemporary Western Responses to Acts of Terror, by Bill Durodié
  Conclusions--What Can We Do? by Mari Fitzduff