PrintUSIP Press Spring 2010 Catalog
Following its mandate to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts, USIP is committed to publishing significant works that offer new insights. Starting with four titles in the fall of 1991, USIP Press Books has published more than one hundred titles. Please review our Spring 2010 titles in this catalog, which is available to download below. To browse our online bookstore, click here.
Spring 2010 Titles
American Negotiating Behavior 
Wheeler-Dealers, Legal Eagles, Bullies, and Preachers
By Richard H. Solomon and Nigel Quinney
Forewords by Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice
April 2010
Informed by discussions and interviews with more than fifty seasoned foreign and American negotiators, this landmark study offers a rich and detailed portrait of the negotiating practices of American officials. Including contributions by eleven international experts, it assesses the multiple influences—cultural, institutional, historical, and political—that shape how American policymakers and diplomats approach negotiations with foreign counterparts and highlights behavioral patterns that transcend the actions of individual negotiators and administrations. For more book and order information, please click here.
Diplomat's Dictionary
Second Edition
By Chas W. Freeman, Jr.
May 2010
With its first edition in 1994, The Diplomat’s Dictionary quickly became a classic reference book, offering professionals and enthusiasts practical information, witty insights, and words of wisdom on the art and practice of diplomacy. The expanded second edition contains 476 new entries, including definitions for selected up-to-date terminology and hundreds of additional quotations from across cultures and centuries. For more book and order information, please click here.
The Sadat Lectures
Words and Images on Peace, 1997-2008
Edited by Shibley Telhami
Foreword by Jehan Sadat
Epilogue by Aaron David Miller
March 2010
The Sadat Lectures is a compilation of thought-provoking speeches delivered by some of the most accomplished practitioners of international relations: Ezer Weizman, Jimmy Carter, Henry Kissinger, George Mitchell, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson, James Baker, and Mohamed ElBaradei. Accompanying these speeches are full-color reproductions of winning artwork from the Sadat Art for Peace Award. For more book and order information, please click here.
Framing the State in Times of Transition
Case Studies in Constitution Making
With Louis Aucoin
Edited by Laurel E. Miller
April 2010
Analyzing nineteen cases, Framing the State in Times of Transition offers the first in-depth, practical perspective on the implications of constitution-making procedure, and explores emerging international legal norms. Thirty researchers with a combination of direct constitution-making experience and academic expertise present examples of constitution making in the contexts of state building and governance reform across a broad range of cultures, political circumstances, and geographical regions. For more book and order information, please click here.
Transitional Justice in Balance
Comparing Processes, Weighing Efficacy
By Tricia D. Olsen, Leigh A. Payne, Andrew G. Reiter
June 2010
In the first project of its kind to compare multiple mechanisms and combinations of mechanisms across regions, countries, and time, Transitional Justice in Balance: Comparing Processes, Weighing Efficacy systematically analyzes the claims made in the literature using a vast array of data, which the authors have assembled in the Transitional Justice Data Base. For more book and order information, please click here.
Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Agents of Change
Stephanie Schwartz
May 2010
In Youth and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Agents of Change, Stephanie Schwartz goes beyond these highly publicized cases and examines the roles of the broader youth population in post-conflict scenarios, taking on the complex task of distinguishing between the legal and societal labels of “child,” “youth,” and “adult.” For more book and order information, please click here.
Guiding Principles for Stabilization and Reconstruction
United States Institute of Peace and United States Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
November 2009
Guiding Principles for Stabilization and Reconstruction presents the first-ever, comprehensive set of shared principles for building sustainable peace in societies emerging from violent conflict. The manual serves as a tool for U.S. government civilian planners and practitioners engaged in stabilization and reconstruction (S&R) missions and is a valuable resource for international actors and nongovernmental organizations. For more book and order information, please click here.