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Zartman, I. William, and J. Lewis Rasmussen, eds. Peacemaking in Intemational Conflict: Methods and Techniques. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1997. 412pp. $19.95
William Zartman and Lewis Rasmussen have assembled a stable of contributors whose experience encompasses scholarship and field work in international relations theory, international law, conflict resolution, diplomacy, and nongovernmental organization (NGO) operations. Zartman, a senior academic at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, brings thirty years of conflict resolution scholarship to the project. Rasmussen, a program officer at the United States Institute of Peace, has coauthored a study of Middle East conflict resolution. The qualifications of each of the other contributors are strong, reflecting extensive experience in each of their specialties. The articles are supplemented with lists of additional readings.
The book consists of four parts: "Mapping the Field" and "Approaches to Peacemaking" deal in theory, while "Practitioners" and "Training" discuss practical matters.
In Zartman's introduction, he notes the state's preeminence in world politics but observes that conflict transcends the state, pulling it into struggles with subgroups and embroiling it in regional contests.
In Part One, "Mapping the Field," Rasmussen's "Peacemaking in the 21st Century" summarizes...