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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... called Darat al - Khair ( ' House of Goodness ' ) . It looked like a perfect marriage . - The honeymoon of the royal couple took the form of a state visit to Spain . This was followed by a visit to the United Kingdom from 16 to 23 June ...
... called Darat al - Khair ( ' House of Goodness ' ) . It looked like a perfect marriage . - The honeymoon of the royal couple took the form of a state visit to Spain . This was followed by a visit to the United Kingdom from 16 to 23 June ...
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... called the atmosphere of lethargy and indifference that prevailed in the Arab world . He called on the Arab leaders to rise to their national responsi- bility and so stop the Arab nation from having to ' see itself being eroded bit by ...
... called the atmosphere of lethargy and indifference that prevailed in the Arab world . He called on the Arab leaders to rise to their national responsi- bility and so stop the Arab nation from having to ' see itself being eroded bit by ...
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... called her that morning because they wanted to pick up the story , but she told them to wait until she got a reaction from the palace . She expected a prompt official denial . Yet all her efforts in the course of the next four hours to ...
... called her that morning because they wanted to pick up the story , but she told them to wait until she got a reaction from the palace . She expected a prompt official denial . Yet all her efforts in the course of the next four hours to ...
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The Hashemite Heritage I | 1 |
Murder of a Mentor | 38 |
The Making of a King | 59 |
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