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Author O'Connell, Jack, 1921-2010.
Title King's counsel : a memoir of war, espionage, and diplomacy in the Middle East / Jack O'Connell with Vernon Loeb.
Publication Info New York ; London : W.W. Norton, 2011.


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Descript xx, 266 p.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780393063349 (hbk.)
0393063348 (hbk.)
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Descript xx, 266 p.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780393063349 (hbk.)
0393063348 (hbk.)
Author O'Connell, Jack, 1921-2010.
Subject O'Connell, Jack, 1921-2010.
Hussein, King of Jordan, 1935-1999.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Political consultants -- Jordan -- Biography.
Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.
Lawyers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
Israel-Arab War, 1967.
Jordan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Alt author Loeb, Vernon.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 4th Floor  DS 154.52 O26  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject O'Connell, Jack, 1921-2010.
Hussein, King of Jordan, 1935-1999.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Political consultants -- Jordan -- Biography.
Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.
Lawyers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.
Israel-Arab War, 1967.
Jordan -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Descript xx, 266 p.
Contents 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.
Alt author Loeb, Vernon.
ISBN 9780393063349 (hbk.)
0393063348 (hbk.)

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