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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.