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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456549303321

Autore

Spector Norman <1949->

Titolo

Chronicle of a war foretold [[electronic resource] ] : how Mideast peace became America's fight / / Norman Spector

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, B.C. ; ; New York, : Douglas & McIntyre, 2003

ISBN

1-282-69643-2

9786612696435

1-926685-61-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

956.05/3

Soggetti

Arab-Israeli conflict - 1993- - Peace

Electronic books.

Middle East Relations United States

United States Relations Middle East

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

I. Thinking about the conflict -- II. Meeting the key players -- III. The Oslo Agreement : what went wrong? -- IV. Mediators and moralizers : the role of the international community -- V. The War of 9/11 -- Epilogue : is peace possible?

Sommario/riassunto

This prescient narrative reveals how crumbling Mideast relations dashed the promise of peace and fostered the terrorist movement. Norman Spector ? previous Canadian ambassador to Israel ? documents how the inability to gain peace in the Mideast has caused death and destruction far outside Israel and the contested Palestinian lands, with the ominous promise of more to come. Based on his firsthand experiences with the major players and events, from the Rabin assassination through 9/11 and the war on Afghanistan, Spector analyzes how the same forces and beliefs that led to the downwar