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The Middle East Peace Process: Vision Versus Reality
Contributor(s): Ginat, Joseph (Author), Perkins, Edward J. (Author), Corr, Edwin G. (Author)
ISBN: 0806135220     ISBN-13: 9780806135229
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
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Product Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2003
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Annotation: Political stability is a crucial precondition for peace in the Middle East. In The Middle East Peace Process: Vision versus Reality, Joseph Ginat, Edward J. Perkins, and Edwin G. Corr have assembled a comprehensive overview of the complex peace negotiations taking place among Middle Eastern nations to resolve the Israeli--Palestinian conflict and forge normal relations between Arab nations and Israel. More than thirty academics and practitioners probe, discuss, and engage themselves with issues concerning the peace process. The volume focuses first on the Oslo Agreement and the Palestinian Track; then addresses Israeli relations with Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq; and concludes with an examination of relations between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem. The Middle East Peace Process is the result of the Center for Peace Studies conference "The Peace Process in the Middle East, " cosponsored by the International Programs Center at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Haifa in Israel. The volume features a foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan and a preface by David L. Boren. President of the University of Oklahoma.
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Middle East - General
- Political Science | Peace
- Political Science | International Relations - General
Dewey: 956.053
LCCN: 2002026633
Physical Information: 1.63" H x 6.54" W x 9.46" (1.75 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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Political stability is a crucial precondition for peace in the Middle East. In The Middle East Peace Process: Vision versus Reality, Joseph Ginat, Edward J. Perkins, and Edwin G. Corr have assembled a comprehensive overview of the complex peace negotiations taking place among Middle Eastern nations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and forge normal relations between Arab nations and Israel.

More than thirty academics and practitioners probe, discuss, and engage themselves with issues concerning the peace process. The volume focuses first on the Oslo Agreement and the Palestinian Track; then addresses Israeli relations with Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq; and concludes with an examination of relations between Israelis and Palestinians in Jerusalem.

The Middle East Peace Process is the result of the Center for Peace Studies conference "The Peace Process in the Middle East," cosponsored by the International Program Center at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Haifa in Israel. The volume features a foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan and a preface by David L. Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma.

Contributor Bio(s): Boren, David L.: - A Rhodes Scholar, David Boren is President of the University of Oklahoma. A former governor of Oklahoma, he served as U.S. Senator from Oklahoma from 1979 to 1994 and chaired the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1987 to 1993.Ginat, Joseph: -

Joseph Ginat is Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Middle East societies and Deputy Director of the Center for Peace Studies, International Programs Center, University of Oklahoma.

Perkins, Edward J.: -

Edward J. Perkins, now retired as a U.S. Ambassador, is William J. Crowe Professor of Geopolitics and Executive Director of the International Programs Center at the University of Oklahoma.

Bin Talal of Jordan, Hrh Prince El Hassan: -

His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal chairs a wide number of international and Jordanian committees and organizations.

Corr, Edwin G.: -

Edwin G. Corr, a former U.S. Ambassador and former Professor of Political Science at the University of Oklahoma, is Associate Director of the International Program Center.

Boren, David L.: - A Rhodes Scholar, David Boren is President of the University of Oklahoma. A former governor of Oklahoma, he served as U.S. Senator from Oklahoma from 1979 to 1994 and chaired the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence from 1987 to 1993.