Our Last Best Chance_ The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril - King Abdullah II [0]
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
PREFACE
PART I
Chapter 1 - The Conflict Begins
Chapter 2 - The 1967 War
Chapter 3 - Dark Clouds over Amman
Chapter 4 - Arriving in America
PART II
Chapter 5 - Sandhurst
Chapter 6 - Qatraneh Nights
Chapter 7 - A Secret Mission
Chapter 8 - “You Guys Don’t Stand a Chance”
Chapter 9 - A Royal Wedding
Chapter 10 - Lessons in Diplomacy
Chapter 11 - Very Special Operations
PART III
Chapter 12 - In the Footsteps of a Legend
Chapter 13 - Becoming King
Chapter 14 - Friends and Neighbors
Chapter 15 - Transforming Jordan
Chapter 16 - Desert Deerfield
PART IV
Chapter 17 - Jerusalem at the Heart of Conflict
Chapter 18 - Seeking Peace, Getting War
Chapter 19 - War in the Desert
Chapter 20 - “We Will Be Greeted as Liberators”
PART V
Chapter 21 - My Islam
Chapter 22 - Jordan’s 9/11
Chapter 23 - The Amman Message
PART VI
Chapter 24 - The End of an Era
Chapter 25 - The Mask Slips
Chapter 26 - A New Voice from America
Chapter 27 - Fortress Israel or a Fifty-Seven-State Solution?
Acknowledgements
INDEX
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Abdullah II, King of Jordan, 1962-
Our last best chance : the pursuit of peace in a time of peril / King Abdullah II. p. cm. Includes index.
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1. Abdullah II, King of Jordan, 1962- 2. Jordan—Kings and rulers—Biography. 3. Jordan—Politics and government. 4. Peace-building—Middle East. 5. Arab-Israeli conflict—1993—Peace. I. Title. DS154.6.A23A.9504’4092—dc22 2009054380 [B]
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PREFACE
Two years ago, when I started writing this book, I hoped it would reveal the inner workings of how, against great odds, the United States, Israel, and the Arab and Muslim world had brokered peace in the Middle East. As I write these words, however, I