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Berghahn Books Unsilencing the Past Track-Two Diplomacy and Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation 2005 Edition by David L. Phillips
The Turkish-Armenian conflict has lasted for nearly a century and still continues in attenuated forms to poison the relationship between these two peoples. The author, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations and previously advisor to the United Nations, undertook, as head of the Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Committee, to bring the two sides together and to work with them towards a peaceful resolution of the enmity that had made any contact between them taboo.His lively account of the difficult negotiations makes fascinating reading; it shows that the newly developed "track-two diplomacy" is an effective tool for reconciling even intractable foes through fostering dialog, contact and cooperation. Table of contents :- AcknowledgmentsPrefaceElie WieselIntroductionChapter 1. Lessons from the Eastern MediterraneanChapter 2. First ContactChapter 3. Legislating HistoryChapter 4. EmpathyChapter 5. A Historic StepChapter 6. Storm of ControversyChapter 7. Let a Hundred Flowers BloomChapter 8. Terror StrikesChapter 9. Reconciliation DilemmaChapter 10. Taking StockChapter 11. Applicability of the Genocide ConventionChapter 12. War in IraqChapter 13. At the BorderChapter 14. From Theory to PracticeEpilogueAppendix I: TARC's Final RecommendationsAppendix II: AcronymsAppendix III: PersonalitiesNames Index