Sledgehammer : how breaking with the past brought peace to the Middle East
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Published
New York, NY : Broadside Books, 2022.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
956.053 FRIED
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956.053 FRIED
1 available
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Published
New York, NY : Broadside Books, 2022.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 258 pages ; 24 cm
Street Date
2202
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"For over a century, the Middle East has been locked in a series of bloody struggles. In 2020, the United States brokered an historic series of peace deals between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors, the first in a generation. The Abraham Accords normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, Kosovo and Morocco. The accords were the result of painstaking, behind-the-scenes work by a small team with no prior diplomatic experience, including Ambassador David Friedman. Sledgehammer is the full story of the accord-its origin and how it was successfully achieved. In the past, the accepted wisdom on Middle Eastern diplomacy was that extensive prior experience and detailed knowledge of the region's history and culture were necessary to negotiate the details that are the foundational framework of treaties. But in truth, Friedman explains, both sides played on that accepted wisdom to stall-each hoping to achieve a deal better for their side further down the road. As the prospects for the President's Vision for Peace between Israel and the Palestinians was growing dimmer due to the intransigence of the Palestinians, the chaos of Israeli politics, and the unforeseen worldwide pandemic, David Friedman and his team found themselves in a position to negotiate five historic peace agreements-not between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but between Israel and four of its Arab neighbors along with Kosovo. Friedman realized that a new future was possible now, not at some nebulous future point, and that the United States needed to find a way to facilitate it or lose out forever. Friedman takes us across the globe and back, from the Oval Office to the highest echelons of power in the Middle East and puts us at the table during the intense negotiations that led to this historic breakthrough. The inside story of arguably the greatest achievement of the Trump Administration, Sledgehammer is an important, inspiring story of the hard but hopeful work necessary to bring long overdue-and lasting-peace to one of the most turbulent and tragic regions of the globe"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Arab countries -- Foreign relations -- Israel.
Arab countries -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Peace.
Friedman, David Melech.
Islamic countries -- Foreign relations -- Israel.
Islamic countries -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Israel -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries.
Israel -- Foreign relations -- Islamic countries.
Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2017-2021.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Islamic countries.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel.
Arab countries -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Arab-Israeli conflict -- 1993- -- Peace.
Friedman, David Melech.
Islamic countries -- Foreign relations -- Israel.
Islamic countries -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Israel -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries.
Israel -- Foreign relations -- Islamic countries.
Israel -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- 2017-2021.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Arab countries.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Islamic countries.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Israel.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Friedman, D. M. (2022). Sledgehammer: how breaking with the past brought peace to the Middle East (First edition.). Broadside Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Friedman, David Melech. 2022. Sledgehammer: How Breaking With the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East. New York, NY: Broadside Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Friedman, David Melech. Sledgehammer: How Breaking With the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East New York, NY: Broadside Books, 2022.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Friedman, D. M. (2022). Sledgehammer: how breaking with the past brought peace to the middle east. First edn. New York, NY: Broadside Books.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Friedman, David Melech. Sledgehammer: How Breaking With the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East First edition., Broadside Books, 2022.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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