We’re kicking off season two of Underreported with guest Joel Simon, who in nearly two decades at the Committee to Protect Journalists has worked on dozens of hostages cases.
We Want to Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages, and Ransom is an exploration of the ethical, legal, and strategic considerations of a bedeviling question: Should governments pay ransom to terrorists?
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We Want to Negotiate
The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages, and Ransom
A gripping exploration of the ethical, legal, and strategic considerations of a bedeviling question: Should governments pay ransom to terrorists?
“This excellent and careful book asks tough questions about whether and how governments should negotiate with kidnappers to get hostages released.” —Foreign Affairs