A few weeks back I read Sebastian Junger’s Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging. This wasn’t too long of a read, but full of interesting research, history, and assessment on modern society. I’m working through developing my…
Category: History
Quick Review: The Plan
This is the third book I’ve read that is connected to the 2016 Cubs’ championship season. I am quite willing to read 100 more if more people write about that team 🙂 The…
Quick Review: Political Tribes
I got a chance to read Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations by Amy Chua of Tiger Mom fame. Her realm of expertise is globalization and ethnic conflict, which is…
Quick Review: Restoring Justice
I read a few weeks back Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice by Daniel W. Van Ness and Karen Heetderks Strong as one of several different peacemaking systems I’ve been reading…
Quick Review: Culture, Conflict, and Mediation in the Asian Pacific
I have been reading Bruce E. Barnes’ Culture, Conflict, and Mediation in the Asian Pacific and found it unbelievably helpful as one who has been working in Asian contexts for the last decade…
Quick Review: Ask More
I read Frank Sesno’s Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change. It was published in early 2017 and I’ve been going through several books that deal with…
Quick Review – Re-Centering: Culture & Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice
This month I’ve worked through the book Re-Centering: Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice by several editors and contributors. This is a book written from an ethnic minority perspective on contemporary negotiation…
Quick Review: Between the World and Me
Last week I finished Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. What a powerful book. I did this by audiobook, which was read by the author, and I think that made it even…
Quick Review – Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
I recently read David Cortright’s Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas as part of the Peace Studies PhD program I am currently in. I had not heard of the book prior, but it…