Uri Savir

The author presents his ideas on finding peaceful solutions to conflicts based on his experiences as a peace negotiator for Israel. However, it's presented more as a seminar for other peace negotiators, and as such didn't have specific practical applications to the general public. He recommends including youth programs and involvement, financial cooperation, joint ventures, etc. While fundamentally and theoretically good ideas, and the value of these recommendations are apparent, his target audience seems more to be apprentice peace negotiators. He recommends Committees and sub-committees for peace negotiations, and tasks they should take up. But he doesn't make an effort to tie these ideas and solutions to other applications. He has many recommendations, many platitudes, and while useful as a negotiators handbook, it didn't seem too practical for the general reader.… (mere)