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Thirteen Days in September: The Dramatic Story of the Struggle for Peace
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20th Century United States HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryInternational Relations
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ISBN10: 0804170029
ISBN13: 9780804170024
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Apr 28 2015
Pages: 464
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780804170024
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Apr 28 2015
Pages: 464
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower--a timely revisiting of a diplomatic triumph between two Middle East nations and an inside look at how peace is made. - Masterly.... Magnificent.... Wright reminds us that Carter's Camp David was an act of surpassing political courage. --The New York Times Book Review
In September 1978, three world leaders--Menachem Begin of Israel, Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and U.S. president Jimmy Carter--met at Camp David to broker a peace agreement between the two Middle East nations. During the thirteen-day conference, Begin and Sadat got into screaming matches and had to be physically separated; both attempted to walk away multiple times. Yet, by the end, a treaty had been forged--one that has quietly stood for more than three decades, proving that peace in the Middle East is possible. Wright combines politics, scripture, and the participants' personal histories into a compelling narrative of the fragile peace process. Begin was an Orthodox Jew whose parents had perished in the Holocaust; Sadat was a pious Muslim inspired since boyhood by stories of martyrdom; Carter, who knew the Bible by heart, was driven by his faith to pursue a treaty, even as his advisers warned him of the political cost. Wright reveals an extraordinary moment of lifelong enemies working together--and the profound difficulties inherent in the process. Thirteen Days in September is a timely revisiting of this diplomatic triumph and an inside look at how peace is made.
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