{"product_id":"the-peacemakers-bruce-w-jentleson-9780393249569","title":"The Peacemakers: Leadership Lessons from Twentieth-Century Statesmanship","description":"\u003cp\u003eThose questions are at the heart of \u003cem\u003eThe Peacemakers\u003c\/em\u003e, a kind of global edition of John F. Kennedy's \u003cem\u003eProfiles in Courage\u003c\/em\u003e. Writing at a time when peace seems elusive and conflict endemic, when tensions are running high among the major powers, when history has come roaring back, when democracy and human rights are yet again under siege, when climate change is moving from future to present tense, and when transformational statesmanship is so needed, Bruce W. Jentleson shows how twentieth-century leaders of a variety of types--national, international institutional, sociopolitical, nongovernmental--rewrote the zero-sum scripts they were handed and successfully made breakthroughs on issues long thought intractable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories are fascinating: Henry Kissinger, Zhou Enlai, and the U.S.-China opening; Mikhail Gorbachev and the end of the Cold War; Dag Hammarskj ld's exceptional effectiveness as United Nations secretary-general; Nelson Mandela and South African reconciliation; Yitzhak Rabin seeking Arab-Israeli peace; Mahatma Gandhi as exemplar of anticolonialism and an apostle of nonviolence; Lech Walesa and ending Soviet bloc communism; Gro Harlem Brundtland and fostering global sustainability; and a number of others. While also taking into account other actors and factors, Jentleson tells us \u003cem\u003ewho\u003c\/em\u003e each leader was as an individual, \u003cem\u003ewhy\u003c\/em\u003e they made the choices they did, \u003cem\u003ehow\u003c\/em\u003e they pursued their goals, and \u003cem\u003ewhat\u003c\/em\u003e they were (and weren't) able to achieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd not just fascinating, but also instructive. Jentleson draws out lessons across the twenty-first-century global agenda, making clear how difficult peacemaking is, while powerfully demonstrating that it has been possible--and urgently stressing how necessary it is today. An ambitious book for ambitious people, \u003cem\u003eThe Peacemakers\u003c\/em\u003e seeks to contribute to motivating and shaping the breakthroughs on which our future so greatly depends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce W. Jentleson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393249565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393249569\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.50w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018 pg. 95","brand":"Bruce W. Jentleson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946576249087,"sku":"9780393249569","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ce06ef58-6121-4488-8510-c604dc7c8d86.jpg?v=1681513937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-peacemakers-bruce-w-jentleson-9780393249569","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}