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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... move , which was to send a brigade to Syria . Jordan's purpose was to counterbalance ' Iraqi- Soviet designs ' and to contain the conflict within the smallest possible area . Kissinger replied urging Hussein to continue his efforts to ...
... move , which was to send a brigade to Syria . Jordan's purpose was to counterbalance ' Iraqi- Soviet designs ' and to contain the conflict within the smallest possible area . Kissinger replied urging Hussein to continue his efforts to ...
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... move towards disengagement was by now irreversible . On 28 July the Jordanian government announced the termination of the five - year West Bank Development Plan . The reason given for this move was to allow the PLO to assume more ...
... move towards disengagement was by now irreversible . On 28 July the Jordanian government announced the termination of the five - year West Bank Development Plan . The reason given for this move was to allow the PLO to assume more ...
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... move , not a tactical one . Even Likud leaders had reason to regret this move because they realized that the forecasts of all the prophets of doom had come true : Israel now found herself all alone in the arena with the PLO.24 What ...
... move , not a tactical one . Even Likud leaders had reason to regret this move because they realized that the forecasts of all the prophets of doom had come true : Israel now found herself all alone in the arena with the PLO.24 What ...
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Murder of a Mentor | 38 |
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