Lion of JordanKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 09/09/2008 - 400 من الصفحات 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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... Iraq, with his sons acting as viceroys, and such was his impatience that within four months of the outbreak of the ... Iraq, Jordan and Palestine, was divided into British and French spheres of influence. Syria and Lebanon were in the ...
... Iraq, with his sons acting as viceroys, and such was his impatience that within four months of the outbreak of the ... Iraq, Jordan and Palestine, was divided into British and French spheres of influence. Syria and Lebanon were in the ...
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... Iraq and the Palestinian Arabs' complaints against the Jews. But a clash with the French was made inevitable by the inflexibility of his Syrian nationalist supporters and by their insistence on a completely independent kingdom of ...
... Iraq and the Palestinian Arabs' complaints against the Jews. But a clash with the French was made inevitable by the inflexibility of his Syrian nationalist supporters and by their insistence on a completely independent kingdom of ...
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... Iraq to Faisal as a consolation prize for the loss of Syria. This offer was part of his favoured “sharifian policy” of forming a number of small states in Arabia and the Fertile Crescent, all headed by members of the sharif's family and ...
... Iraq to Faisal as a consolation prize for the loss of Syria. This offer was part of his favoured “sharifian policy” of forming a number of small states in Arabia and the Fertile Crescent, all headed by members of the sharif's family and ...
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... Iraq; and Abdullah got the Amirate of Transjordan. Iraq and Transjordan became the two main pillars of Britain's informal empire in the Middle East. Churchill candidly explained the advantages to Britain of ruling the Middle East ...
... Iraq; and Abdullah got the Amirate of Transjordan. Iraq and Transjordan became the two main pillars of Britain's informal empire in the Middle East. Churchill candidly explained the advantages to Britain of ruling the Middle East ...
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... 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 leader of the Arab Revolt, would be the natural ruler. Abdullah worked ...
... 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 leader of the Arab Revolt, would be the natural ruler. Abdullah worked ...
المحتوى
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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