"An extremely useful review of an innovative approach to post-conflict situations. Many humanitarian agencies would benefit from a careful reading of this book."
— Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

"In this seminal edited volume, Chayes and Minow bring to the challenge of rebuilding communities torn apart by conflict a wealth of experience and practical solutions. With examples from a variety of political and cultural settings, their case for a holistic approach to post-conflict restoration is both timely and compelling."
— Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public, Information, United Nations

"Peaceful coexistence was once only a project for nations. The premise of this book is that it is a project for people, a project that requires first and foremost a leap of imagination by individual members of divided and brutalized communities. How to achieve that leap in the context of rebuilding societies devastated materially and psychologically by conflict is a complex but essential task. But for all those enga ged in post-conflict reconstruction and the even more ambitious goal of nation-building, the essays in this book are essential reading."
— Anne-Marie Slaughter, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University