MUST WE FIGHT: FROM THE BATTLEFIELD TO THE SCHOOLYARD - A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON VIOLENT CONFLICT AND

Inthislandmarkbook,WilliamUry-best-sellingauthoranddirectoroftheProjectonPreventingWarattheProgramonNegotiationatHarvardLawSchool-andastellarpanelofexpertsfromseveralscientificdisciplinesdebunkthecommonlyheldnotionthatviolenceisapredictablepartofthehumanconditionandoutlineaninnovativeparadigmforpreventingviolentconfrontations."MustWeFight"presentscompellingnewresearchandinsightsintohumannaturewhichclearlydemonstratethathumankindisnotdoomedtocontinuetheseeminglyendlesscycleofviolentconflict.Withintelligenceandsensitivity,UrydescribesabrilliantprogramforpersonalandcommunityempowermentcalledTheThirdSide.Asheexplains,inmostconflictsbetweentwopartiesthereisactuallyathirdentity-thecommunityinwhichthecombatants,andtheirdispute,areembedded.TheThirdSideisaprovenmodelforendingconflictthatshowshowtomobilizecommunitiestostopand,insomecases,preventindividualandgroupviolence.