Uri Savir

Any day's headlines testify that our outmoded approaches to peacemaking have failed. Peace First, written by Israel's chief negotiator for the Oslo Peace Accords, offers a pragmatic yet revolutionary new approach, rooted in the realities of the modern world.

In this groundbreaking new guide to building peace, international ambassador Uri Savir exposes the deadly ironies and anachronisms in contemporary efforts to solve global conflicts, and presents a radical new model for modernizing our efforts to build real and lasting peace, from the ground up. Peace First draws on Savir's own deep, first-hand experiences from the Oslo Peace Process, as well as his peace-building efforts between enemies and former enemies in the African nations of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, the European regions of Northern Ireland and the Former Yugoslavia, and in Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.

"Peace First is a brave and ambitious attempt to redefine the very cornerstone of diplomacy: peacemaking. Uri Savir speaks from experience, writes with passion and provokes thought on every page. This is a unique and timely contribution." (Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State)