The Road Not Taken : Early Arab-Israeli Negotiations by Rabinovich, Itamar

New York, N. Y., U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1991. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. For five decades, the Arab world has technically been in a state of war with Israel--a pattern broken only by Cairo's Camp David accord with Jerusalem. No conflict in international politics has seemed more intractable. But for a few brief years after Israel's War of Independence, the Jewish and Arab states engaged in direct negotiations that came tantalizingly close to a permanent settlement. In THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, Itamar Rabinovich mines a wealth of new sources to reconstruct those critical talks, showing how close they came to success, and how their failure laid the grounds for the current impasse. Rabinovich has long been one of Israel's leading scholars of Arab history, winning a reputation for incisive, even-handed works. Neither a militant Israeli nor a revisionist critic of Jerusalem's policies, he demonstrates that mistakes and preoccupations on the part… Read More

Oxford University Press, October 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Pages are very clean and bright with no markings. Full number row ending in a one. Trivial shelvign wear to the DJ. Binding is fine. DJ is now protected by a mylar cover.

Hardback 259 pages, very good condition.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1991-10-10. hardcover. Used: Good.

Oxford University Press, 1991. First Ed.. Hardcover. Diplomatic History. Israel-Arab War. Negotiations for a comprehensive settlement with Jordan. The Israeli-Egyptian Relationship. Includes notes, Bibliography and Index. Itamar Rabinovich is Rector of Tel Aviv University and is the author of The War For Lebanon, 1970-1985. Book and DJ VVG, VVG. (259 Pgs.)

Oxford University Press, 1991-10-10. hardcover. Used:Good.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Oxford University Press, 1991-10-10. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!