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Book SynopsisThe Peace Puzzle tracks the American determination to articulate policy, develop strategy and tactics, and see through negotiations to agreements on an issue that has been of singular importance to U.S. interests for more than forty years.
Trade ReviewThe collective Middle East experience of the authors is unsurpassed. Their analysis is terse, and their portrait of U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace is bleak.... The authors assert that American policymakers must address the core issues, transform their natural bias toward Israel into a positive factor, recapture bipartisan resolve to tackle the issue, maintain continuity across administrations, and persuade the Israelis and the Palestinians that Washington understands and respects their fundamental interests.
* Foreign Affairs *
The originality of this new book is to propose a distanced analysis that draws on 120 interviews with the implied decision-makers of American political involvement in the Middle East from 1989-2011...The authors take care to compare the remarks of their interviewees with available official documents, journalist investigations, as well as already-publicized testimonies. The result is a study that draws constantly on its foundational material, citing interviews that support and enrich the argument.
* Politique Américaine *
A must-read for anyone who desires to truly understand this critical and complex quest for Middle East peace.
* Israel Book Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Decline of American Mideast Diplomacy
1. Opportunities Created, Opportunities Lost: Negotiations at Oslo and Madrid
2. Within Reach: Israeli- Syrian Negotiations of the 1990s
3. The Collapse of the Israeli- Palestinian Negotiations
4. George W. Bush Reshapes America's Role
5. The Annapolis Denouement
6. Obama: An Early Assessment
Epilogue: Lessons Learned and UnlearnedNotes
Index
