Around the world there are millions of hostile rivalries, yet only a tiny fraction erupt into violence. That's because war is too costly to fight. So, in those rare instances when fighting ensues, we should ask: what kept rivals from compromise? Drawing on decades of economics, political science, psychology, and real-world interventions to lay out the root causes and remedies for war, showing that violence is not the norm; that there are only five reasons why conflict wins over compromise; and how peacemakers turn the tides through tinkering, not transformation.
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