Our Last Best Chance The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril

by Abdullah II of Jordan, King

• ISBN13: 9780670021710
• ISBN10: 0670021717
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-22
• Publisher: Viking Adult

Summary

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Author Biography

King Abdullah II spent his formative years in the United States, where he went to Eaglebrook and Deerfield, and in England, where he trained to be an officer at Sandhurst. A cavalry officer in the Jordanian army, he eventually became commander of the Jordanian Special Forces, a position that allowed him to forge invaluable relationships with intelligence and military offices around the world. The head of the Hashemite family, he is a forty-third generation direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammad. His family ruled the holy city of Mecca for more than eight hundred years and his great-grandfather led the Arab revolt for independence from Ottoman rule.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
The Conflict Begins	p. 3
The 1967 War	p. 14
Dark Clouds over Amman	p. 22
Arriving in America	p. 31
Sandhurst	p. 43
Qatraneh Nights	p. 50
A Secret Mission	p. 56
"You Guys Don't Stand a Chance"	p. 64
A Royal Wedding	p. 77
Lessons in Diplomacy	p. 86
Very Special Operations	p. 100
In the Footsteps of a Legend	p. 111
Becoming King	p. 130
Friends and Neighbors	p. 142
Transforming Jordan	p. 155
Desert Deerfield	p. 177
Jerusalem at the Heart of Conflict	p. 187
Seeking Peace, Getting War	p. 196
War in the Desert	p. 215
"We Will Be Greeted as Liberators"	p. 225
My Islam	p. 239
Jordan's 9/11	p. 250
The Amman Message	p. 257
The End of an Era	p. 267
The Mask Slips	p. 280
A New Voice from America	p. 291
Fortress Israel or a Fifty-Seven-State Solution?	p. 307
Acknowledgments	p. 329
Index	p. 333
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