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100 1 $aMiller, Aaron David.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79082404
245 14 $aThe much too promised land :$bAmerica's elusive search for Arab-Israeli peace /$cAaron David Miller.
260 $aNew York :$bBantam Books,$c2008.
300 $a407 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tintroduction: "Where did you get those shoes?" -- $gPt. 1.$tAmerica's promise challenged -- $gCh. 1.$tA negotiator's tale -- $gCh. 2.$tGulliver's troubles: A great power in a world of small ones -- $gCh. 3.$tIsrael's lawyers: How domestic politics shapes America's Arab-Israeli diplomacy -- $gPt. 2.$tAmerica's promise kept -- $gCh. 4.$tHenry Kissinger: Strategist -- $gCh. 5.$tJimmy Carter: Missionary -- $gCh. 6.$tJames Baker: Negotiator -- $gPt. 3.$tAmerica's promise frustrated -- $gCh. 7.$tCaterer, cash man, and crisis manager, 1993-99 -- $gCh. 8.$tMr. Nice Guy: Bill Clinton and the Arabs and Israelis he loved too much, 1999-2001 -- $gPt. 4.$tAmerica's promise abandoned? -- $gCh. 9.$tThe Disengager: George W. Bush and the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace, 2001-2007 -- $gCh. 10.$tOne more last chance: Is Arab-Israeli peace possible, and what can America do about it?
520 1 $a"For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker Arab-Israeli peace. His position as an advisor to presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisors has given him a unique perspective on a problem that American leaders have wrestled with for more than half a century. Why has the world's greatest superpower failed to broker, or impose, a solution in the Middle East? If a solution is possible, what would it take? And why after so many years of struggle and failure, with the entire region even more unsettled than ever, should Americans even care?" "As a historian, analyst, and negotiator, perhaps no one is more qualified to answer these questions than Aaron David Miller. Without partisanship or finger-pointing, Miller lucidly and honestly records what went right, what went wrong, and how we got where we are today. Here is an insider's view of the peace process from a place at the negotiating table, filled with unforgettable stories and colorful behind-the-scenes anecdotes. Here, too, are new interviews with all the key players, including Presidents Carter, Ford, and Bush forty-one, all nine U.S. secretaries of state, as well as Arab and Israeli leaders, who disclose the inner thoughts and strategies that motivated them. The result is a book that shatters all preconceived notions to tackle the complicated issues of culture, religion, domestic politics, and national security that have defined - and often derailed - a half century of diplomacy." "Honest, critical, and certain to be controversial, this insightful first-person account offers a brilliant new analysis of the problem of Arab-Israeli peace and how, against all odds, it still might be solved."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aArab-Israeli conflict$y1973-1993.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011988
650 0 $aArab-Israeli conflict$y1993-$xPeace.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh97007982
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zMiddle East.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002449
651 0 $aMiddle East$xForeign relations$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002448
651 0 $aIsrael$xPolitics and government$y1967-1993.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011903
651 0 $aIsrael$xPolitics and government$y1993-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96011929
650 0 $aPalestinian Arabs$xPolitics and government$y1993-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001005671
852 00 $bleh$hDS119.7$i.M4947 2008