The Peace Puzzle : : America's Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989–2011 / / Steven L. Spiegel, William B. Quandt, Scott B. Lasensky, Shibley Telhami, Daniel C. Kurtzer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Kurtzer, Daniel C.,; Lasensky, Scott B.,; Quandt, William B.,; Telhami, Shibley,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 2 maps

Each phase of Arab-Israeli peacemaking has been inordinately difficult in its own right, and every critical juncture and decision point in the long process has been shaped by U.S. politics and the U.S. leaders of the moment. The Peace Puzzle tracks the American determination to articulate policy, de...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction: The Decline of American Mideast Diplomacy
• 1. Opportunities Created, Opportunities Lost: Negotiations at Oslo and Madrid
• 2. Within Reach: Israeli- Syrian Negotiations of the 1990s
• 3. The Collapse of the Israeli- Palestinian Negotiations
• 4. George W. Bush Reshapes America’s Role
• 5. The Annapolis Denouement
• 6. Obama: An Early Assessment
• Epilogue: Lessons Learned and Unlearned
• Notes
• Index