Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and PeaceAllen Lane, 2007 - 697 من الصفحات 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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... Israeli conflict but a detailed study of one actor : Israel . Jordan features but no more prominently than any of the neighbouring Arab states or the Palestinians . The main theme of The Iron Wall is that since 1948 Israel has been too ...
... Israeli conflict but a detailed study of one actor : Israel . Jordan features but no more prominently than any of the neighbouring Arab states or the Palestinians . The main theme of The Iron Wall is that since 1948 Israel has been too ...
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... Israel . The army assisted a group of about seventy fedayeen who had arrived from the Gaza Strip and also formed its own groups of irregulars along the border with Israel.26 The Israeli authorities insisted that Jordan was responsible ...
... Israel . The army assisted a group of about seventy fedayeen who had arrived from the Gaza Strip and also formed its own groups of irregulars along the border with Israel.26 The Israeli authorities insisted that Jordan was responsible ...
الصفحة 200
... Israel and Jordan . Hussein had a feeling that Israel's influence in America was decisive and that affected his attitude towards Israel . Another factor that helped Israel get closer to Hussein was that there were fewer problems and ...
... Israel and Jordan . Hussein had a feeling that Israel's influence in America was decisive and that affected his attitude towards Israel . Another factor that helped Israel get closer to Hussein was that there were fewer problems and ...
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The Hashemite Heritage I | 1 |
Murder of a Mentor | 38 |
The Making of a King | 59 |
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