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Cursed is the peacemaker : the American diplomat versus the Israeli general, Beirut 1982
- Title
- Cursed is the peacemaker : the American diplomat versus the Israeli general, Beirut 1982 / John Boykin.
- Author
- Boykin, John.
- Publication
- Belmont, CA : Applegate Press, ©2002.
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Details
- Description
- xxiii, 488 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
- Summary
- This book is the behind-closed-doors tale of how American diplomat Philip Habib worked out a peaceful end to the 1982 Israeli siege of Beirut. Only now can this remarkable story be told. For a generation, it has remained secret, locked away in the classified records and in the participants' memories. To piece it together, John Boykin dug through thousands of pages of documents that he got declassified and conducted over 150 hours of interviews. Israeli defense minister Ariel Sharon intended his invasion of Lebanon to be the masterstroke that would bring peace to the Middle East for decades. Instead, it defeated its own purposes, soiled Israel's reputation, and came to be widely considered Israel's Vietnam. This is a story of conflict between allies: on the national scale, between the US and Israel during some of the darkest days of their relations; on the personal scale, between Philip Habib and Ariel Sharon. But at heart it is the story of an extraordinary man wrestling with an extraordinary crisis. His story has never before been told.--Book jacket.
- Series Statement
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series
- Uniform Title
- ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series.
- Subject
- Habib, Philip Charles, 1920-1992
- Sharon, Ariel
- Habib, Philip Charles, ((1920- ...)
- Sharon, Ariel, (1928- ...)
- 1967-1993
- Diplomatic and consular service, American > Israel
- Diplomatic and consular service, American
- Diplomatic relations
- Politics and government
- Intervention
- Diplomatie
- Operation Peace for Galilee, 1982-1985 > Diplomatic history
- Lebanon
- Israel
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Intervention
- Service diplomatique et consulaire américain > Israël
- Geschichte 1981-1983
- Lebanon > History > Israeli intervention, 1982-1985
- Israel > Politics and government > 1967-1993
- United States > Foreign relations > Middle East
- Middle East > Foreign relations > United States
- Middle East
- United States
- Libanon
- Israel
- Israel > Politics and government > 1977-1993
- Liban > 1982-1985 (Intervention israélienne)
- États-Unis > Relations extérieures > Moyen-Orient > 1970-2000
- Moyen-Orient > Relations extérieures > États-Unis > 1970-2000
- USA
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-478) and index.
- Contents
- The other side of the moon -- Stop the bombing and negotiate -- The war that got away -- Playing on two ropes -- We corner them, you kill them -- The other general -- Fight the fire anyway -- The plan -- The darkest days -- A concise formula for hell -- Suspicions and lies -- Life in the pressure cooker -- The Marines -- The endgame -- Sail away -- Foreigners in combat boots -- Baking stones -- Denouement.
- ISBN
- 0971943206
- 9780971943209
- LCCN
- 2002512767
- OCLC
- ocm50415480
- 50415480
- SCSB-1871397
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library