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Book SynopsisIncluding the impact of the 2003 war in Iraq and its aftermath, this work provides an insight into the critical debate on the future of peace in the Middle East. This work examines the history of Arab-Israeli relations beginning in 1948. It then gives an account of the peace processes of 1992-1996 and the more dispiriting record since then.
Trade Review"Rabinovich offers a masterful overview without wasting a word."--Foreign Affairs "A keen strategic mind is at work in Waging Peace--dovish but tough, focused on the big picture yet ever attentive to particulars. This eloquent book is essential reading for anyone following the Arab-Israeli peace process."--Mitchell Cohen, New York Time Book Review "[Waging Peace] is calm, dispassionate, impersonal, unusually well-informed... Rabinovich is not a polemicist given to flourishes of rhetoric... [He possesses a] keen strategic mind."--Amos Elon, New York Review of Books "In Waging Peace, Itamar Rabinovich offers a good diplomatic history of how the Israeli-Palestinian peace process unraveled. Ultimately, the former ambassador believes not only that Arafat 'failed the test of leadership' but that the broader Arab world's rejection of normal ties with Israel keeps the door of war perpetually open."--Jerusalem Post
Table of ContentsPreface ix 1. The Background 1 2. Madrid and Oslo: Years of Hope 38 3. Years of Stagnation 78 4. Ehud Barak and the Collapse of the Peace Process 123 5. Sharon, Bush, and Arafat 181 6. The Web of Relationships 220 7. Peace and Normalization 267 8. Conclusion 305 Notes 315
