Master of the game : Henry Kissinger and the art of Middle East diplomacy / Martin Indyk

Author: Indyk, Martin
Additional Titles: Henry Kissinger and the art of Middle East diplomacy
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021.
Copyright Date: ©2021
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: viii, 672 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

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Contents

The strategy -- Gaining control -- The Jordan crisis -- A failure of imagination -- Resupply -- Cease-fire -- DEFCON 3 -- Golda's inferno -- Henry of Arabia -- "A time for peace" -- The Sinai disengagement -- "Ploughing the ocean" -- Breakthrough -- The step not taken -- Breakdown -- Reassessment -- Denouement.

Summary

"A perceptive and provocative history of Henry Kissinger's diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East that illuminates the unique challenges and barriers Kissinger and his successors have faced in their attempts to broker peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors"--

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ISBN

9781101947548 hardcover
1101947543 hardcover

Note

"This is a Borzoi book"--from title verso.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-640) and index.

Endowment Note

Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and International Affairs

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