Unsilencing the past: track two diplomacy and Turkish-Armenian reconciliation

Acknowledgments Preface; Elie Wiesel Introduction Chapter 1. Lessons from the Eastern Mediterranean; Chapter 2. First Contact; Chapter 3. Legislating History; Chapter 4. Empathy; Chapter 5. A Historic Step; Chapter 6. Storm of Controversy; Chapter 7. Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom; Chapter 8. Terror Strikes; Chapter 9. Reconciliation Dilemma; Chapter 10. Taking Stock; Chapter 11. Applicability of the Genocide Convention; Chapter 12. War in Iraq; Chapter 13. At the Border; Chapter 14. From Theory to Practice Epilogue Appendix I: TARC's Final Recommendations; Appendix II: Acronyms; Appendix III: Personalities Names Index

The Turkish-Armenian conflict has lasted for nearly a century and still continues in attenuated forms to poison the relationship between these two peoples. The author, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations and previously advisor to the United Nations, undertook, as head of the Turkish-Armenian Reconciliation Committee, to bring the two sides together and to work with them towards a peaceful resolution of the enmity that had made any contact between them taboo. His lively account of the difficult negotiations makes fascinating reading; it shows that the newly developed "track-two diplomacy" is an effective tool for reconciling even intractable foes through fostering dialog, contact and cooperation

UNSILENCING THE PAST -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. LESSONS FROM THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN -- 2. FIRST CONTACT -- 3. LEGISLATING HISTORY -- 4. EMPATHY -- 5. A HISTORIC STEP -- 6. STORM OF CONTROVERSY -- 7. LET A HUNDRED FLOWERS BLOOM -- 8. TERROR STRIKES -- 9. RECONCILIATION DILEMMA -- 10. TAKING STOCK -- 11. APPLICABILITY OF THE GENOCIDE CONVENTION -- 12. WAR IN IRAQ -- 13. AT THE BORDER -- 14. FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE -- EPILOGUE -- APPENDIX -- ACRONYMS -- PERSONALITIES -- NAMES INDEX