Although much has been written about the opportunities for and limits to preventive diplomacy in recent years, there are no in-depth case studies that test the utility of the concept in diplomatic practice. This volume fills a gap in the burgeoning literature and rescues the concept from the jaws of some of its sterner critics.

Fen Osler Hampson, The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University

A major achievement that will go far in getting the concept and practice of preventive diplomacy into the conventional wisdom of the foreign policy community.

Joseph V. Montville, director, The Preventive Diplomacy Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Distinguished Diplomat in Residence, American University

This volume is a must for anyone interested in preventive diplomacy. This volume makes a valuable contribution to the field, and that is likely to set the standard against which future studies of preventive diplomacy will be judged.

International Affairs

It is a useful giude to understanding contemporary conflict.

Journal of Strategic Studies

No issue facing the world today deserves our attention more than conflict prevention. We need to foster a sense of urgency, a new way of thinking that gives precedence to the prevention and not simply the management of conflict, to avoid disaster rather than merely dealing with its consequences. The contributors to this volume provide illuminating descriptions of the actions that prevented some crises from becoming violent. They also provide agonizing details of violence that could have been prevented and carefully demonstrate what could have been done to prevent it.

Lee H. Hamilton, former U.S. Representative, From The Foreword