Witness to War and Peace: Egypt, the October War, and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9789774168857 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 400 str.

Ahmed Aboul Gheit; Sarah Enany

Opis

A compelling eyewitness account by a seasoned diplomat of forty years of Egyptian foreign policymaking

Spis treści

Dedication
Foreword
Introduction
Part One: Witness to War
1 Silent War, Secret War: 1968-73
2 Twenty-Four Decisive Hours in My Life with Hafiz Ismail
3 Egypt and the October Victory
4 American Assessments of the Situation
5 The Battle Approaches
6 The October War: Military and Diplomatic Efforts, Coordinated
7 Accepting the Ceasefire
8 The War's Final Week
9 The Post-Resolution 338 Crisis
10 Attempts to Extricate the Third Army
11 Kissinger and Reaping the Rewards
12 Back to the Decision to Go to War
13 The War's Objectives and Outcomes
Part Two: Witness to Peace
14 Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
15 The Mena House Conference
16 The Ismailiya Summit
17 The Political Committee and the Visit to Jerusalem
18 Israel's Arrogance
19 Attempts to Advance the Negotiations
20 Camp David I
21 Building Political Consensus Toward a Settlement
22 Leeds Castle
23 The Road to Camp David
24 Camp David II
25 The Egyptian and Palestinian Paths
26 The Madrid Conference
27 The Invasion of Kuwait, the Destruction of Iraq, and the Road to Madrid
28 Peace Talks Begin along All Paths
29 Oslo, Camp David, and Resolution 1515
30 Conclusion
Index

O autorze

Gheit, Ahmed Aboul
Ahmed Aboul Gheit was born in Cairo in 1942. He joined the Egyptian diplomatic corps in 1965, serving in Egypt's embassies in Cyprus (1968-72) and the Soviet Union (1979-82), as Egypt's ambassador to Italy (1992-96), and as Egypt's permanent representative to the United Nations (1999-2004). In 2004, he was appointed by Hosni Mubarak as Egypt's minister of foreign affairs, a post he held until 2011. He was elected secretary general of the Arab League in 2016. He is the author of Witness to War and Peace: Egypt, the October War, and Beyond (AUC Press, 2018).