Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes

Resolution of conflict: Constructive and destructive processes is a book published in 1973 by Morton Deutsch. The book is comprised of 13 essays of empirical research findings about conflict resolution, particularly focusing on the conditions which lead to the conflict resolvinghttps://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/resolution-conflict-constructive-and-destructive-processes
Deutsch, a social psychologist, wrote the book as an attempt to explore what distinguishes conflict which is helpful or fruitful, from conflict which is destructive. Deutsch reported he was influenced to write about the topic as he came of age in the time of World War II; the Hiroshima and Nagosaki atomic bombings specifically "shadowed" him ever since. https://www.academia.edu/16348168/The_resolution_of_conflict_Constructive_and_destructive_processes_by_Morton_Deutsch The book contains three parts: theoretical essays about conflict and its resolution, the second part is about Deutsch's laboratory experiments, and the third shows Deutsch bringing together various themes he posits throughout the book. Deutsch uses various examples of conflict resolution such as the Cold War, Vietnam, and student protests from the 1970s. 
=== Morton Deutsch ===
Dr. Morton Deutsch was born in the Bronx in 1920 to Jewish immigrants from Poland. He enlisted in the Air Force after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and flew more than 30 bombing missions over Germany during his military career.https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2018-06770-006.pdf?auth_token=1d97fa41edcde2fb13d4fb2ddd09413f838919ab After the War, Deutsch received his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; his thesis being on studying conditions which could help the world avoid a thermonuclear war. He then published a study with Mary Evans Collins in 1951 on interracial public housing and has been touted as being a driving force for ending legally sanctioned racial segregation in the United States. https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2013/september/morton-deutsch/ After publishing The resolution of conflict, Deutsch co-edited The handbook of conflict resolution which is considered to be the "bible" of the conflict negotiation field. https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2017/march/tc-mourns-morton-deutsch/ Throughout his career, Deutsch held many leadership positions at Teachers College, New York University and Columbia University, and mentored over 70 PhD students, many of whom are current leaders in the field. In 1986, he founded the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia. Deutsch's findings about conflict resolution have been applied to a wide range of domains, including marital conflicts, educational and labor negotiations, and international relations conflicts. He died in 2017 at the age of 97. 
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