Lion of JordanKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 9 sept 2008 - 400 páginas The first major account of the life of an extraordinary soldier and statesman, King Hussein of Jordan. Throughout his long reign (1953—1999), Hussein remained a dominant figure in Middle Eastern politics and a consistent proponent of peace with Israel. For over forty years he walked a tightrope between Palestinians and Arab radicals on the one hand and Israel on the other. Avi Shlaim reveals that Hussein initiated a secret dialogue with Israel in 1963 and spent hundreds of hours in talks with countless Israeli officials. Shlaim expertly reconstructs this dialogue from previously untapped records and first-hand accounts, significantly rewriting the history of the Middle East over the past fifty years and shedding light on the far-reaching impact of Hussein’s leadership. |
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... brother Hassan, his sister Basma, his eldest son and heir, Abdullah II, his cousin Zaid bin Shaker, Talal bin Muhammad, his nephew and national security adviser, prime ministers, senior officials, diplomats and soldiers. These ...
... brother Hassan, his sister Basma, his eldest son and heir, Abdullah II, his cousin Zaid bin Shaker, Talal bin Muhammad, his nephew and national security adviser, prime ministers, senior officials, diplomats and soldiers. These ...
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... brother after he signed the peace treaty with Israel. Any biography is bound to raise the question of the biographer's attitude towards his subject. It seems to me that a certain degree of sympathy for one's subject is essential to a ...
... brother after he signed the peace treaty with Israel. Any biography is bound to raise the question of the biographer's attitude towards his subject. It seems to me that a certain degree of sympathy for one's subject is essential to a ...
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... brother in Trans-Jordan was dependent upon his own good behaviour, he would be much easier to deal with. The same argument applied, mutatis mutandis, to King Hussein and Amir Abdallah.19 That summer Colonel Lawrence was sent to Jedda to ...
... brother in Trans-Jordan was dependent upon his own good behaviour, he would be much easier to deal with. The same argument applied, mutatis mutandis, to King Hussein and Amir Abdallah.19 That summer Colonel Lawrence was sent to Jedda to ...
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... brother Faisal. From that point on he was to toy with various ideas for merging Iraq with Greater Syria, possibly in a federation of the Fertile Crescent of which he, as the oldest member of the Hashemite family and the only surviving ...
... brother Faisal. From that point on he was to toy with various ideas for merging Iraq with Greater Syria, possibly in a federation of the Fertile Crescent of which he, as the oldest member of the Hashemite family and the only surviving ...
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... brother Faisal initialled an agreement with the moderate Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, one he was unable to ratify because of the strength of Arab opposition. Soon after he got his principality, Abdullah embarked on a tangled ...
... brother Faisal initialled an agreement with the moderate Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, one he was unable to ratify because of the strength of Arab opposition. Soon after he got his principality, Abdullah embarked on a tangled ...
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The Dismissal of Glubb | |
The Liberal Experiment | |
A Royal Coup | |
Peace Partnership with the | |
The London Agreement | |
Intifada and Disengagement | |
The Gulf Crisis and | |
From Madrid to Oslo | |
Peace Treaty | |
The Kings Peace | |
Collision Course | |
The Year of Revolution | |
Arab Foes and Jewish Friends | |
The Palestinian Challenge | |
The Road to | |
Picking Up the Pieces | |
Dialogue Across the Battle Lines | |
Civil | |
The United Arab Kingdom Plan | |
The October | |
The Road to Rabat | |
Lebanon and the Reagan Plan | |
The Last Journey | |
The Life and Legacy | 14 |
Jordanian Secret Meetings with Israeli Officials | 17 |
Chronology | 23 |
The Camp David Accords | 31 |
Interviews | 1999 |
Bibliography | 2006 |
Photo Insert | 2017 |
A Note About the Author | 2036 |
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Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace Avi Shlaim No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2008 |
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