Now includes a new Afterword - Talking to ISIL Across the world governments proc
laim that they will never 'negotiate with evil'. And yet they always have and al
ways will. From jungle clearings to stately homes and anonymous airport hotels,
Talking to Terrorists puts us in the room with the terrorists, secret agents and
go-betweens who seek to change the course of history.
Jonathan Powell has sp
ent nearly two decades mediating between governments and terrorist organisations
. Drawing on conflicts from Colombia and Sri Lanka to Palestine and South Africa
, this optimistic, wide-ranging, authoritative book is about how and why we shou
ld talk to terrorists.
