A team of top experts from across the nation and around the world presents issues of war, conflict resolution, and stable peace. They explain how men and women are transformed into perpetrators of genocide, how neighbors become sworn enemies, the cultural and psychological origins of war, and even the neuropsychology of conflict. Considering these elements together allows us to understand more clearly the violent world that surrounds us, and it serves as a precursor for examining models for resolving conflict and building peace. Finally, an exploration of what a successful war means for stakeholders holds profound implications for what a victory in the war against terrorism would look like. These books bring attention to a variety of elements that will inform military studies, psychology, and sociology scholars and students. It will also inform researchers in many fields and at many levels who aim to understand the underlying causes of longstanding and emerging conflicts and the methods that may finally bring resolution and peace.

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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