Introduction
1 Theoretical framework: private peace entrepreneurs
2 Norman Cousins and US-Soviet-British negotiations on a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, 1962-1963
3 Suzanne Massie and the Cold War during the Reagan era, 1983-1988
4 Brendan Duddy and the negotiations between the Provisional IRA and the British government during the conflict in Northern Ireland, 1973-1993
5 Uri Avnery and his dialogue with the PLO in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, 1975-1985
Conclusions
Appendix
Index