Introduction

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Acknowledgments

Roy J. Eidelson is a licensed psychologist and president of Eidelson Consulting, where he studies, writes about, and consults on the role of psychological issues in political, organizational, and group conflict settings. He is the past president of Psychologists for Social Responsibility and the former executive director of the Solomon Asch Center for the Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at the University of Pennsylvania.

Stephen Soldz is a psychologist, psychoanalyst, and public health researcher on the faculty of the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis. In recent years, he has played a leadership role in efforts to end psychologist and other health professional collusion with U.S. government torture and detainee abuse, including consulting on several Guantánamo cases. He is a co-founder of the Coalition for an Ethical Psychology and President of Psychologists for Social Responsibility.

Luisa M. Saffiotti is co-director of Kairos-Transform, an international collaborative practice providing education, consultation, and clinical services to groups, organizations, and individuals in processes of transformation. She is the author of numerous articles, is a long-time activist for peace and social change, and is currently President-Elect of Psychologists for Social Responsibility.