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Brokers of deceit how the US has undermined peace in the Middle East

An examination of the failure of the United States as a broker in the Palestinian Israeli peace process, through three key historical moments. Khalidi zeroes in on the United States' role as a purportedly impartial, honest broker in 35 years of a failed Palestinian Israeli peace process.

Main Author: Khalidi, Rashid.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Arab-Israeli conflict > Peace.
Palestine > Politics and government.
United States > Foreign relations > Middle East.
Middle East > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1981-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
Summary: An examination of the failure of the United States as a broker in the Palestinian Israeli peace process, through three key historical moments. Khalidi zeroes in on the United States' role as a purportedly impartial, honest broker in 35 years of a failed Palestinian Israeli peace process.
Physical Description: xxxvii, 167 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-159) and index.
ISBN: 9780807044759 (alk. paper)
080704475X (alk. paper)
9780807033241
0807033243
Author Notes: Rashid Khalidi is the author of seven books about the Middle East, including Palestinian Identity , Brokers of Deceit, Resurrecting Empire , The Iron Cage , and Sowing Crisis. His writing on Middle Eastern history and politics has appeared in the New York Times , Boston Globe , Los Angeles Times , Chicago Tribune , and many journals. For his work on the Middle East, Professor Khalidi has received fellowships and grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the Rockefeller Foundation, among others. He is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University in New York and is editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies .

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