LEADER 00000cam a22004454a 4500 001 16631699 005 20160721092430.0 008 110131s2011 nyu 001 0aeng 010 2011003263 020 9780393063349 (hardcover) 020 0393063348 (hardcover) 035 (OCoLC)ocn668194846 040 DLC|cDLC|dYDX|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dBKL|dBWX|dCDX|dBUR|dIHV|dDLC 042 pcc 043 a-jo---|an-us---|an-us-dc 050 00 DS154.52.O26|bA3 2011 082 00 956.04|222 100 1 O'Connell, Jack,|d1921-2010. 245 10 King's counsel :|ba memoir of war, espionage, and diplomacy in the Middle East /|cJack O'Connell with Vernon Loeb. 250 1st ed. 260 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Co.,|cc2011. 300 xx, 266 p. ;|c24 cm. 500 Includes index. 505 0 Summer in Amman, 1958 -- A shotgun in the closet -- Calm before the storm -- The prelude to war -- The six day war -- Making things up as we went along -- "Can I trust this little king of yours?" -- Jousting with the Soviets, talking to the Israelis -- September 1970 -- Back to Washington, back to war -- From Washington to Camp David - - Giving up the West Bank -- Saddam Hussein : friend or foe? -- A war that need not have been waged -- Cold peace -- Missed opportunities, miscalculations, and mistakes -- "A place beyond ourselves" -- Most of our enemies, we made -- Many drums to pound -- Irrepressible optimism. 520 Jack O'Connell possessed an uncanny ability to be at the center of things. On his arrival in Jordan in 1958, he unraveled a coup aimed at the young King Hussein, who would become America's most reliable Middle East ally. Over time, their bond of trust and friendship deepened. In 1967, O'Connell tipped off Hussein that Israel would invade Egypt the next morning. Later, as Hussein's Washington counselor, O'Connell learned of Henry Kissinger's surprising role in the Yom Kippur War. The book's leitmotif is betrayal. Hussein, the Middle East's only bona-fide peacemaker, wanted simply the return of the West Bank, seized in the Six-Day War. Despite American promises, the clear directive of UN Resolution 242, and the years of secret negotiations with Israel, that never happened. Hussein's dying wish was that O'Connell tell the unknown story in this book.--From publisher description. 600 00 Hussein,|cKing of Jordan,|d1935-1999|xFriends and associates. 600 10 O'Connell, Jack,|d1921-2010. 610 10 United States.|bCentral Intelligence Agency|xOfficials and employees|vBiography. 650 0 Political consultants|zJordan|vBiography. 650 0 Political consultants|zUnited States|vBiography. 650 0 Lawyers|zWashington (D.C.)|vBiography. 650 0 Israel-Arab War, 1967. 651 0 Jordan|xForeign relations|zUnited States. 651 0 United States|xForeign relations|zJordan. 651 0 Middle East|xPolitics and government|y1945- 700 1 Loeb, Vernon.
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