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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... summit in Baghdad from which Egypt was excluded . Baghdad was not the most congenial of Arab capitals for Hussein to visit because it was the city in which the Hashemite royal family had been murderously ejected twenty years previously ...
... summit in Baghdad from which Egypt was excluded . Baghdad was not the most congenial of Arab capitals for Hussein to visit because it was the city in which the Hashemite royal family had been murderously ejected twenty years previously ...
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... summit that he had taken the lead in organizing . The summit opened in Amman on 8 November 1987 and lasted three days . It was a high point of Arab unity and cooperation , and one of the king's finest hours . Hussein was the only Arab ...
... summit that he had taken the lead in organizing . The summit opened in Amman on 8 November 1987 and lasted three days . It was a high point of Arab unity and cooperation , and one of the king's finest hours . Hussein was the only Arab ...
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... summit in 1978 , causing Jordan to incur large debts . If support was not forthcoming , he warned , Jordan might be forced to terminate its role in the occupied territories . Hussein's impassioned speech fell on deaf ears . The summit ...
... summit in 1978 , causing Jordan to incur large debts . If support was not forthcoming , he warned , Jordan might be forced to terminate its role in the occupied territories . Hussein's impassioned speech fell on deaf ears . The summit ...
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The Hashemite Heritage I | 1 |
Murder of a Mentor | 38 |
The Making of a King | 59 |
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