Summary, Analysis & Review of The Arbinger Institute’s The Anatomy of Peace

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The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, Second Edition, is an expanded version, including additional appendices, of a successful 2006 publication by the Arbinger Institute. The book, which uses fictional characters to illustrate its points, details strategies for defusing political, personal, and business conflicts. It argues that conflict must be approached with a heart at peace rather than a heart at war. Before people can change another’s behavior, they must rid themselves of hatred and self-deception.

Lou Herbert, a fictional businessman, has come to Arizona with his wife, Carol, to enroll their son Cory, who is a drug addict, in a wilderness retreat for struggling youth. Lou also faces a crisis in his business. He is in the middle of a labor dispute and many of his top managers have recently quit.

Lou and Carol are taken to a meeting with a number of other parents. The meeting…

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• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781683785507

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With Instaread, you can get the key takeaways, summary and analysis of a book in 15 minutes. We read every chapter, identify the key takeaways and analyze them for your convenience.

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Overview

The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, Second Edition, is an expanded version, including additional appendices, of a successful 2006 publication by the Arbinger Institute. The book, which uses fictional characters to illustrate its points, details strategies for defusing political, personal, and business conflicts. It argues that conflict must be approached with a heart at peace rather than a heart at war. Before people can change another’s behavior, they must rid themselves of hatred and self-deception.

Lou Herbert, a fictional businessman, has come to Arizona with his wife, Carol, to enroll their son Cory, who is a drug addict, in a wilderness retreat for struggling youth. Lou also faces a crisis in his business. He is in the middle of a labor dispute and many of his top managers have recently quit.

Lou and Carol are taken to a meeting with a number of other parents. The meeting is led by Avi Rozen and Yusuf al-Falah, who run the retreat. Avi is an Israeli Jew whose father was killed in an Arab attack in 1973. Yusuf is somewhat older than Avi; his father was killed during the first Arab-Israeli war in 1948. The two men tell Lou and the others that they must change themselves if they wish to change their