Sledgehammer : how breaking with the past brought peace to the Middle East

Book 2022

"For over a century, the Middle East has been locked in a series of bloody struggles. In 2020, the United States brokered an historic series of peace deals between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors, the first in a generation. The Abraham Accords normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, Kosovo and Morocco. The accords were the result of painstaking, behind-the-scenes work by a small team with no prior d...

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ISBN:

9780063098114
0063098113

Edition:

First edition

Description:

x, 258 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Prologue : Sledgehammer-Birth of a Metaphor
Donald and Me
Israel and Me
The Trump Campaign
Confirmation Controversy
Battling the State Department
Trump in Jerusalem
The Daunting Challenges of Daily Life
"If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem"
How to Build an Embassy in Three Months for Half a Million Bucks
Countering False Narratives
Saving Unknown Lives
Undividing Jerusalem
Peace : From the Outside In
The Storms before the Storm
A Vision for Peace
The Abraham Accords
Peace Progresses
Cleaning Up - Epilogue: Peace Is Possible
Appendix : The Abraham Accords Declaration

LCCN:

2021036846

Control Number:

3174657

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