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Arab-Israeli diplomacy under Carter : the US, Israel and the Palestinians /

"The history of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East is marked by numerous stark failures and a few ephemeral successes. Jimmy Carter's short-lived Middle East diplomatic strategy constitutes an exception in vision and approach. In this extensive and long-overdue analysis of Carter's Mid...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jensehaugen, Jørgen (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : I.B. Tauris, 2018.
Colección:Library of modern Middle East studies ; 212.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Author Biography; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. President Carter and the Palestinians; Carter's rising star in Palestine; 2. US Presidents and the Palestinians; The first Arab-Israeli war; The rise of pan-Arabism; The six-day war: Shifting fronts; Fatah takes charge; 1970: Exiled from exile; The 1973 Arab-Israeli war; Step by step; Sinai II; Failing to see the Palestinians; 3. The Comprehensive Approach; Coming into office; Developing the comprehensive approach; Theory to practice: Visiting the Middle East; The Clinton speech and tidings from Moscow
  • Theory to practice: State visitsTo talk or not to talk?; Talking around the dilemma: Palestinian back channels; Begin the game-changer; The Begin visit; Second Vance tour; Problems with the PLO; Peace treaty drafts; 4. Clinging to Comprehensive Peace; Including the PLO through Syria and the Soviet Union; Multi-bilateral negotiations: Israel sets the tone; The US-Soviet joint communiqué; Duelling with Dayan; Who can accept the working paper?; Selling the working paper; Could Egypt go it alone?; Jimmy gets personal; 5. The Jerusalem Bombshell; Going to Jerusalem; Visiting Israel
  • Taking the talks to CairoConsequences of a separate peace; Home rule for the Palestinians; The Aswan statement; 6. The Torturous Road to Camp David; Missing an opportunity to pressure Begin; Begin and Carter clash; Carter's face-off with the Israel lobby; London talks; The invitation to Camp David; 7. Camp David and the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty; Study papers
  • still a comprehensive strategy; Camp David Phase I: Openings and trilateral meetings; Camp David Phase II: The US draft; Camp David Phase III: Changing the framework, weakening the ties; Camp David Phase IV: Endgame
  • Evaluating the frameworkDifficult rounds ahead; Settlement expansion without consequence; Another go with the PLO?; There goes the deadline; Begin in Washington; Arab reactions; 8. Where do we Go Now, but Nowhere?; Finding some Palestinians, any Palestinians; Starting the Palestinian autonomy talks; From bad to worse in the Middle East and beyond; Begin the builder; Things fall apart; A last try; 9. A Failed Ambition; The Carter legacy; Changing conditions; Building a house of cards; On shaky ground; Sadat's initiatives; The cards fall down; Camp David; Whither the pressure; Notes