Camp David: Peacemaking and Politics

509 Pages·2016·9.61 MB·English

by  William B. Quandt

CAMP DAVID
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WILLIAM B. QUANDt
CAMP DAVID
Peacemaking and Politics
ForeworD by MArtIn InDyk
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Names: Quandt, William B., author.
Title: Camp David : peacemaking and politics /
William B. Quandt ; foreword by Martin Indyk.
Description: 2nd edition. | Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press,
2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Description based on
print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Identifiers: LCCN 2015045077 (print) | LCCN 2015040106 (ebook)
| ISBN 9780815726760 (epub) | ISBN 9780815726814 (pdf)
| ISBN 9780815726753 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780815726760 (ebook) | ISBN 9780815726814 (pdk)
Subjects: LCSH: Israel-Arab War, 1973—Peace. | Camp David Agreements
(1978) | Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty (1979 March 26) | United States—
Foreign Relations—Middle East. | Middle East—Foreign relations—
United States. | United States—Foreign relations—1977–1981.
Classification: LCC DS128.183 (print) |
LCC DS128.183 .Q36 2016 (ebook) | DDC
327.73056—dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015045077
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Contents
Foreword xiii
Martin Indyk
Preface to the Classic Edition xvii
Author’s Preface xxi
one Introduction 1
two American Politics and Foreign Policy 7
The Role of Congress | The Electoral Cycle |
The President and His Role | The Pattern of the First
Year | The Pattern of the Second Year | The Pattern
of the Third Year | The Pattern of the Fourth
Year | Conclusion
three Getting Started, Getting Acquainted 32
The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Early 1977 |
The Middle East Team | Received Wisdom on the
Middle East | Setting the Course | On-the-Job
Education | Rabin’s Visit and Adventures in Public
Diplomacy | Carter Meets the Arabs | Conclusion
four Meeting Menachem Begin 65
Who Is Begin? | Fahd’s Visit | Preparing for
Begin | Carter Meets Begin | Vance to the
Middle East, August 1977 | Conclusion
ix