Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and PeaceAllen Lane, 2007 - 697 páginas For most of his long reign (1953-1999) Hussein of Jordan was one of the dominant figures in Middle Eastern politics, and one of the most consistent proponents of peace with Israel. This is the first major account of his life and reign, written with access to many of his surviving papers, with the co-operation (but not approval) of his family and staff, and extensive interviews with policy-makers of many different nationalities. Shlaim reveals that for the sake of dynastic and national survival, Hussein initiated a secret dialogue with Israel in 1963, and spent over 1000 hours in talks with Golda Meir, Shimon Peres, Itzhak Shamir, Itzhak Rabin, and countless other Israeli officials. Shlaim reconstructs this dialogue across the battle-lines from new Israeli records and first-hand accounts by many of the key participants, demonstrating that Israeli intransigence was largely responsible for the failure to achieve a peaceful settlement to the conflict between 1967 and 1994. |
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... Iraqi govern- ment to the warning they had received of the impending disaster . 19 In private Hussein was much more ... Iraqi allies to send troops to Jordan to provide protection against Syria . In response to this appeal , Said decided ...
... Iraqi govern- ment to the warning they had received of the impending disaster . 19 In private Hussein was much more ... Iraqi allies to send troops to Jordan to provide protection against Syria . In response to this appeal , Said decided ...
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... Iraqi govern- ment sent a note to Jordan to say that if the Jordanian shelling did not stop , it would not be able to stop individuals from the Iraqi forces from intervening in favour of the fedayeen . ' As there were 17,000 Iraqi ...
... Iraqi govern- ment sent a note to Jordan to say that if the Jordanian shelling did not stop , it would not be able to stop individuals from the Iraqi forces from intervening in favour of the fedayeen . ' As there were 17,000 Iraqi ...
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... Iraqi Ba'th Party that made the behaviour of the Iraqi Army in Jordan all the more unpredictable . The one encouraging factor was that the Iraqi Ba'thists hated the Syrian Ba'thists even more than they hated Hussein . The Iraqi ...
... Iraqi Ba'th Party that made the behaviour of the Iraqi Army in Jordan all the more unpredictable . The one encouraging factor was that the Iraqi Ba'thists hated the Syrian Ba'thists even more than they hated Hussein . The Iraqi ...
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The Hashemite Heritage I | 1 |
Murder of a Mentor | 38 |
The Making of a King | 59 |
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