Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace: American Leadership in the Middle East

Still in Original transparent Shrink Wrap. (also ISBN: 1-60127-030-5) With Israelis and Palestinians back at the negotiating table after a violent, seven-year hiatus (2000-2007), Kurtzer and Lasensky offer the definitive guidebook on how to broker peace in the Middle East. Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace; sets forth a compelling, interests-based framework for American engagement in the peace process; provides a critical assessment of U.S. diplomacy since the end of the Cold War; and offers a set of ten core lessons to guide the efforts of future American negotiators. This concise volume is the product of the United States Institute of Peace Study Group on Arab-Israeli Peacemaking, which brings together some of America's most respected and experienced authorities in the field: William B. Quandt (University of Virginia), Steven L. Spiegel (University of California-Los Angeles), and Shibley I. Telhami (University of Maryland and the Brookings Institution). The book draws on nine months of groundbreaking consultations with dozens of statesmen, political leaders, and civil society figures who have defined Middle East peacemaking in recent years. Kurtzer, a longtime American peace negotiator, brings an insider's perspective to a text that is richly illuminated with historical narrative and the first-hand accounts by a diverse array of figures who have been at the center of this historic effort. Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace is an ideal study guide for anyone focusing on mediation, conflict resolution, and Middle East diplomacy. 191 pages. pages:210. SIZE:5 1/4" x 8".