The Frontlines of Peace

In The Frontlines of Peace, Séverine Autesserre, award-winning researcher and peacebuilder, examines the well-intentioned but systematically flawed peace industry. Autesserre sheds light on how typical aid interveners have been getting it wrong, and, more importantly, how a few of them have been getting it right. With real-life examples drawn from across the globe, Autesserre reveals that peace can grow in the most unlikely circumstances, with the help of the most unlikely heroes. She makes the compelling case that we must radically change our approach if we hope to build lasting peace around us--no matter where we live.

Severine Autesserre is an award-winning author, peacebuilder, and researcher, as well as Professor and Chair of Political Science at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of The Trouble with the Congo and Peaceland, in addition to articles for publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Policy.
Autesserre has been involved intimately in the world of international aid for more than twenty years. She has conducted research in twelve different conflict zones, from Colombia to Somalia to Israel and the Palestinian territories. She has worked for Doctors Without Borders in places like Afghanistan and Congo, and at the United Nations headquarters in the United States. Her research has helped shape the intervention strategies of several United Nations departments, foreign affairs ministries, and non-governmental organizations, as well as numerous philanthropists and activists. She has also been a featured
speaker at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the United Nations Security Council.
You can find a teaching guide and a book club discussion guide at the links below.
Teaching Guide: https://severineautesserre.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Teaching-Guide-The-Frontlines-o f-Peace.pdf
Book club discussion guide: https://severineautesserre.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Frontlines-Book-Club-Guide.pdf

Foreword
Preface: War, Hope, and Peace
PART I: PEACE POSSIBLE
Chapter 1: Island of Peace
Chapter 2: Role Models
PART II: PEACE, INC.
Chapter 3: Insiders and Outsiders
Chapter 4: Designed Intervention
PART III: THE NEW PEACE MANIFESTO
Chapter 5: Peace by Piece
Chapter 6: Recasting Roles
Chapter 7: The Home Front
Appendix: Sources
Acknowledgments
Book Club Discussion Guide
Teaching Guide
Index