Melanie Greenberg is an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center and a lecturer-at-law at Stanford Law School. She has served as the associate director of the Stanford Center on International Security and Cooperation, and deputy director of the Stanford Center on Conflict and Negotiation. John H. Barton is George E. Osborne Professor of Law at the Stanford Law School and co-director of the Stanford Law and Technology Policy Center. He has authored or co-authored several volumes on arms control issues. Margaret E. McGuinness is completing her JD at Stanford Law School. She served in the United States Foreign Service from 1988 to 1996. Her overseas postings included Canada, Pakistan, and Germany. She served as a Special Assistant to Secretary of State Warren Christopher from 1993 to 1994.

Words over War is part of the important series of books and reports sponsored by the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict. The book is a welcome addition to the study of conflict prevention and dispute resolution.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Background and Analytical PerspectivesPart 2 Part One: Separation of NationsChapter 3 Multilateral Mediation in Intrastate Conflicts: Russia, the United Nations, and the War in AbkhaziaChapter 4 From Lisbon to Dayton: International Mediation and the Bosnia CrisisChapter 5 Croatian Independence from Yugoslavia, 1991–1992Chapter 6 The Oslo Channel: Benefits of a Neutral Facilitator to Secret NegotiationsPart 7 Part Two: Integration of NationsChapter 8 The 1991 Cambodia Settlement AgreementsChapter 9 El SalvadorChapter 10 The Role of Mediation in the Northern Ireland Peace ProcessChapter 11 The Arusha Accords and the Failure of International Intervention in RwandaChapter 12 South Africa: The Negotiated Transition from Apartheid to Nonracial DemocracyPart 13 Part Three: Intermediation in Noncivil ConflictsChapter 14 Making Waves: Third Parties and International Mediation in the Aral Sea BasinChapter 15 The Vatican Mediation of the Beagle Channel Dispute: Crisis Intervention and Forum-BuildingChapter 16 The North Korean Nuclear Proliferation CrisisPart 17 Part Four: ConclusionChapter 18 Lessons of the Case Studies for International Mediation and Arbitration to Prevent Deadly Conflict