The Much Too Promised Land, Aaron David Miller
The Much Too Promised Land, Aaron David Miller
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The Much Too Promised Land
America's Elusive Search for ArabIsraeli Peace

Author: Aaron David Miller

Narrator: William Hughes

Unabridged: 13 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/25/2008

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

For nearly twenty years, Aaron David Miller has played a central role in U.S. efforts to broker ArabIsraeli peace. His position as an advisor to presidents, secretaries of state, and national security advisors has given him a unique perspective on a problem that American leaders have wrestled with for more than half a century: Why has the worlds greatest superpower failed to find a solution for peace in the Middle East? Here is an insiders view of the peace process, filled with unforgettable behindthescenes stories and interviews with all the key players as they disclose the inner thoughts and strategies that motivated them. The result is a book which shatters preconceived notions about tackling the complicated issues of culture, religion, domestic politics, and national security that have definedand often deraileda half century of diplomacy.

About Aaron David Miller

Aaron David Miller is a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. For the last two decades, he has served as an advisor to six secretaries of state, and he helped formulate U.S. policy on the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli peace process. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alan on July 15, 2008

Part memoir, part history, part journalism, this book by a veteran Arab-Israeli peace negotiator should appeal to Mideast junkies who still believe in the "peace process." A disclaimer: I covered many of these same events as State Dept. correspondent for Reuters from 1989-94. I was present at some o......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on June 14, 2016

Having covered the history of the Middle East from Sykes-Picot until the formation of Israel in A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the Struggle for the Mastery of the Middle East, I was looking for a book to bring the story up to date. This book seemed to be the thing, but wasn't exactly what I......more

Goodreads review by lp on February 23, 2009

A wowably infomative and comprehensive look at the efforts to make peace between Israel and Palestine with a very personal flavor.But damn! Miller was dropping names like a shetetl pissing in high cotton (he also dropped COMPLICATED, NON-SENSICAL metaphors like a bullfrog scraping its balls on the g......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on February 20, 2017

depressing to think this conflict will never be resolved......more

Goodreads review by Kyle on October 16, 2020

Aaron David Miller’s perspective in the trenches of Arab-Israeli negotiations on behalf of the US over the past several decades is illuminating of what it takes to achieve progress toward peace and the factors that stymie our efforts. Above all, it will take the sustained political will of the US, b......more

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