Damascus Diary - An Inside Account of Hafez al-Assad's Peace Diplomacy, 1990-2000 (Hardcover)

Bouthaina Shaaban worked closely with Syria's President Hafez al-Assad from 1990 until the time of his death, serving as both official interpreter and adviser. Her new book, part memoir and part historical account, takes the reader behind the closed doors of the Syrian Presidential Palace to provide uniquely Syrian perceptions of the failed Arab-Israel peace talks. Sharing firsthand stories of relationships (her own and Assad's) with members of the Bush and Clinton administrations, and drawing on previously unavailable minutes and other documents from the Syrian presidential archives, Shabaan takes us from the early Syrian-US engagement in 1990-1991 to the three Assad-Clinton summits in 1994-2000. In the process, she includes intriguing revelations about the Rabin Deposit, the April Understanding on Lebanon, and the 1998 Track II effort with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Bouthaina Shaaban offers the first account of these negotiations to come from a Syrian insider-an essential contribution to our understanding of the enduring conflict in the Middle East.

General

Imprint:	Lynne Rienner Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2013
First published:	2012
Authors:	Bouthaina Shaaban
Dimensions:	160 x 236 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	210
ISBN-13:	978-1-58826-863-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Elections & referenda Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
LSN:	1-58826-863-2
Barcode:	9781588268631

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