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Peace First

A New Model to End War

by Uri Savir
Richmond Hoxie
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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 Asia, Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan.

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  • Release date

    October 1, 2008

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780792759263
      • File size: 215015 KB
      • Duration: 07:27:56

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Uri Savir, a top negotiator for Israel, was recovering from a stroke when he wrote his manifesto for peace, calling for new strategies. There's a lot of professional jargon to bog this work down, but there's a reason for the average person to read it: Savir calls on everyday people, as well as nongovernmental organizations and local governments, to play a role in the peace process. Fortunately, narrator Richmond Hoxie's enthusiasm conveys Savir's strong beliefs, and he even does well with the jargon. He's especially effective as Savir shows how his ideas might work with an extended discussion of the Mediterranean region. Concerned listeners will welcome Savir's ideas on creating a "peace ecology." J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 4, 2008
      Former Israeli peace negotiator Savir (The Process
      ) unveils his proposal for achieving lasting world peace: a carefully conceived and constructed model “that leads to a future of cooperation and understanding.” The model for peace is predicated upon a shift from globalization to “glocalization,” based on the idea that city leaders can forge bonds across boundaries that national leaders cannot because “cities have become our primary social unit... in both the developed and developing worlds.” Savir emphasizes that peace must come from the grassroots rather than the top down and offers practicable solutions, from joint economic ventures designed to attract tourists to a NATO-like Mediterranean alliance. This book is compelling not for its specific blueprint but for the author's eternal optimism in the face of so many depressing obstacles. A history of his dynamic relationship with his Palestinian counterpart Abu Ala, a former Palestinian Authority prime minister who has become Savir's close friend since their first meeting in Norway 15 years ago, would provide fodder for another, less theoretical book about putting peace first.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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