| Description |
viii, 494 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The ascent -- Syria first -- Dual containment -- "That's what kings do." -- September 13, 1993 - the fateful day -- The anatomy of Rabin's Oslo decision -- Detour on the road to Damascus -- Peace with Jordan -- The other branch -- Dual containment and the peace process -- Iran's breakout -- Saddam resurgent -- Engaging Iran -- The second chance -- Syria redux -- Shepherdstown breakdown -- Syrian denouement -- The road to the summit -- Trapped at Camp David -- The collapse -- Intifadah! -- The end of the peace process -- Epilogue -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
"Making peace in the long-troubled Middle East is likely to be one of the top priorities of the next American president. He will need to take account of the important lessons from past attempts, which are described and analyzed here in a gripping book by a renowned expert who served twice as U.S. ambassador to Israel and as Middle East adviser to President Clinton." "Martin Indyk draws on his many years of intense involvement in the region to provide the inside story of the last time the United States employed sustained diplomacy to end the Arab-Israeli conflict and change the behavior of rogue regimes in Iraq and Iran." |
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"Innocent Abroad is an insightful history and a poignant memoir. Indyk provides a fascinating examination of the ironic consequences when American naivete meets Middle Eastern cynicism in the region's political bazaars. He dissects the very different strategies of Bill Clinton and George W.Bush to explain why they both faced such difficulties remaking the Middle East in their images of a more peaceful or democratic place. He provides new details of the breakdown of the Arab-Israeli peace talks at Camp David, of the CIA's failure to overthrow Saddam Hussein, and of Clinton's attempts to negotiate with Iran's president." |
| Notes |
"A Saban Center at Brookings book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [448]-468) and index |
| Subject |
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993-
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002448
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002449
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1989- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001744
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| LC no. |
2008034835 |
| ISBN |
1416594299 |
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9781416594291 |
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