Unquestionably the most comprehensive survey of Third Party involvement in dispute resolution in a single volume. This tour d’ force is equally valuable for practitioners, academics, course instructors and serious students alike.

R.W. Becker, Former Ambassador of the OSCE

This is a more than useful survey of a range of intervention techniques aimed at resolving even the most intractable of conflicts.

Christopher R. Mitchell, George Mason University

This book delivers exactly what the title suggests. In one book the reader, be it a student, scholar or general audience member, can easily obtain a clear, comprehensive and approachable introduction to a wide range of third party intervention roles. For the more advanced reader there are plenty of nuanced insights, that can only come from a highly experienced intervener, that examine the conditions and circumstances where intervention processes are likely to be more effective in the resolution of conflict. This book is for anyone who wants to hone their problem solving skills, train to become a third party intervener or for members of the wider reading audience who want to learn about and more fully appreciate the vital role third party interveners perform in the prevention, management or mitigation of oftentimes costly, protracted and stressful conflict.

Brian Polkinghorn, Distinguished Professor, Bosserman Center for Conflict Resolution, Department of Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution, Salisbury University