Description
This book reveals the interplay between official government channels, covert intelligence agents and others, who acted largely behind the scenes of the peace process between Egypt and Israel that began in1978 and is still holding. The world leaders: Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat, were driven by deeply held faith and conviction. Others were military hawks who, later saw peace as the only viable option. Still others saw peace and stability in terms of business and prosperity. Covered are the confluence of events that led to the Camp David Accords, the powerful personalities involved as well as the secret liaisons, communications, and third-party world leaders who played important yet seldom understood roles in forging that peace agreement.
Chapter
Last-Minute Jitters...The Emotion of Peace
PART ONE-BACK-DOOR CHANNELS
Night Memories. . .We Meet Again. . .Forging of a Bond. . .Enter Sadat
The Secret Meeting. . .An American Dream. . .Star-Quality General
3. The White House Connection
The Bonds Strengthen. . .Carter's Growing Involvement. . ."Nu, Sing!". . .Israel Grows Leery. . .Weizman Comes to Talk. . .Reprisal and Respite
Shake Hands with the Great. . .Senate-Hopeful Bradley. . .Personalities and Leaks. . ."Keep the Channels Open"
5. The Viennese Road to Cairo
6. Messages from "The Gilded Cage"
7. After Camp David. . .Giving Peace a Chance
8. The Drive Toward Peace
A Sense of Destiny. . .Time for Reflection
Business Picks Up. . .Where Do We Go from Here?
A Trip for Peace. . .A Talk with Peres
A Welcome Fellow Traveler. . .Awaiting the Chief. . .A Sprint for Peace. . .The Midnight Oil. . .Comes the Dawn. . .Peace in the Air. . . Enter Strauss
Whisked to Washington. . .Back Down to Earth. . .Diplomatically Speaking. . .A Farewell to Arms. . .New York, New York. . .The Door Swings Wide
13. The Shcharansky Episode
14. Conversations with Kreisky
Viennese Music. . .Lunch with Kahana. . .The Chancellor Speaks. . .An Assessment. . .Auf Wiedersehen
15. Negotiating the Channel
Sharks in the Potomac?. . .A Chill in the Air
Strauss the Mediator. . .Varying Mediation Methods. . .Reflections from Strauss. . .Fiasco at the United Nations. . .A Shift Back to Peace
According to the Gospel. . .An Equitable Attitude. . .The Fight for Soviet Jewry. . .Holocaust. . .'No' to the Boycott. . .Koch and Carter. . .Right or Reputation?. . .Another Mayor's View. . .The Carter View. . .All in the Family: The Good Guy. . .And the Bad Boy
18. A Change in the Communication Line
PART TWO-THE OPENING OF DOORS
Joe, Sammy, and Frank. . .Subway to the Senate. . .The Happy Warrior. . .The Senator and the Party Secretary. . .On the Senatorial Trail. . .A Prophetic Ben-Gurion. . .A 'Cold' Golda. . .Mission to Minsk
To Russia with Apprehension. . .Next Stop, Minsk. . .Rosh Hashanah in Leningrad. . .And Home Again
22. An International Bank Crisis
Meeting the Decision-Makers. . .The Banking Duo
The Door to Peace. . .The Door to Gratitude. . .The Door to Service. . .The Door to Political Support. . .The Door to the Future?
24. The Viennese Connection to Iran
Viennese Kosher. . .A Kreisky Proposal. . .From Vienna to Tel Aviv. . .The PLO Beckons. . .A Four-Point Strategy
25. Controversy at the U.N.
The Controversial U.N. Resolution. . .The Back Door to the U.N. . . .An Appraisal
A Year Remembered. . .Ezer Resigns. . .Public Person, Private life
27. A Campaign and an Olive Branch
Sparks on the Campaign Trail. . .An Olive Branch Offered. . ."By My Spirit"
An Interview. . .Window on the World. . .Reflections. . .Evaluations. . .Keeping the Faith
Back Door Channels
：The Price of Peace
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