Updated edition: First published in fall of 2010, Negotiating with Evil is a fascinating examination of the different methods countries have employed to confront terrorist movements. This edition contains new information and addressed security concerns that have arisen since then, while still providing the fundamental framework for considering this timely and important issue.
Mitchell B. Reiss is President of Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, and was previously Diplomat-in-Residence at the College of William & Mary where he was also Vice Provost for International Affairs and Dean and Director of the Wendy and Emery Reves Center for International Studies. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Director of the Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. State Department under Secretary of State Colin Powell. From 2003 to 2007, he served as the President's Special Envoy for the Northern Ireland Peace Process with the rank of Ambassador. He received the State Department's Foreign Affairs Award for Public Service in 2007. He is also the author of Bridled Ambition: Why Countries Constrain Their Nuclear Capabilities and Without the Bomb: The Politics of Nuclear Nonproliferation.
"Peace is not made between friends. It is made between enemies. How
political leaders start talking with groups or governments that are
fighting and killing their citizens, and ultimately agree to end
their conflicts, is one of the most difficult, most important, and
least understood challenges facing nations across the world.
Mitchell Reiss has done a great service by drawing out the lessons
of past efforts by governments to make peace with their
enemies-from Northern Ireland to Sri Lanka to Al Anbar, Iraq. This
is an excellent and deeply relevant book, and it should be required
reading for informed citizens and senior policymakers alike." -U.S.
Senator John McCain
"The distinguished diplomat and scholar Mitchell Reiss takes on one
of the most important questions of our messy international age, how
to deal with terrorists, and he answers it through a series of
fascinating case studies. It's both an important study and also a
compelling set of historical narratives." -Walter Isaacson, author
of Kissinger: A Biography and Einstein: His Life and
Universe
"A truly superb analysis of negotiations with
controversial groups and states . . . After two decades of personal
experience as a mediator and negotiator, I found Negotiating
with Evil to be the most comprehensive and thoughtful work on
this complex subject. This is a must-read for leaders, negotiators,
and those interested in this hot, contemporary topic that faces our
current political leadership." -General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC
(Retired)
"Mitchell Reiss tackles head-on the trickiest of questions, whether
and when to talk to terrorists. His study is an important and
welcome analysis of this complex issue." -Baroness
Manningham-Buller, former Director General of MI5 "Is there ever an
appropriate time and a morally supportable reason for a government
sit down and bargain with people who have blood on their hands?
That's the important but messy question addressed by Mitchell
Reiss in his new book, Negotiating With Evil: When to Talk to
Terrorists. Reiss, a veteran U.S. diplomat, comes to some
conclusions that I think are correct but may make many Americans
uneasy."
--Thomas E. Rick, Foreign Policy
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