Egypt's Road to Jerusalem: A Diplomat's Story of the Struggle for Peace in the Middle East

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What we have come to call the Arab-Israeli peace process began in 1977, when Egypt's president, Anwar Sadat, decided, with no warning and against fierce resistance, to break with his Arab neighbors, defy the central tenet of their formidable alliance, and travel to Jerusalem with his minister of state for foreign affairs. Boutros Boutros-Ghali was that minister, and this is his astonishing account of the brave and often difficult diplomatic journey that began that cold November night and ended with the landmark ...
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What we have come to call the Arab-Israeli peace process began in 1977, when Egypt's president, Anwar Sadat, decided, with no warning and against fierce resistance, to break with his Arab neighbors, defy the central tenet of their formidable alliance, and travel to Jerusalem with his minister of state for foreign affairs. Boutros Boutros-Ghali was that minister, and this is his astonishing account of the brave and often difficult diplomatic journey that began that cold November night and ended with the landmark Camp David agreement three years later.

Egypt's Road to Jerusalem is the first insider's account, from an Arab point of view, of the historic agreement that opened the way to the Arab-Israeli peace process and established the direction of America's relationship with both Israel and its Arab neighbors. Reconstructed from the diaries Boutros Boutros-Ghali kept at the time, this is a faithful record of fascinating conversations—with an elliptical and visionary Sadat; a resilient Ezer Weizman, whose charm forged the first bonds of friendship and respect; a relentless Jimmy Carter; an unpredictable Moshe Dayan.

There are surprising snapshots here of Camp David—where members of the Egyptian and Israeli delegations bumped into one another in pajamas and sports clothes and while bicycling on forest paths—and of encounters with stunning figures from the world of high diplomacy, from Tito and Fidel Castro to the poet-president Léopold Senghor and the murderous and peculiar Idi Amin.

Egypt's Road to Jerusalem reveals the difficulties faced by Arab negotiators—then and now—as they confront a suspicious and intransigent right-winggovernment in Israel on the one hand, and dissension at home and throughout the Arab world on the other. You will discover here the real motives behind Egypt's delicate balancing act: between its national interest and its commitment to the Palestinian people; between its allegiance to pan-Arabism and its decision to part from Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia to open the way for peace.

Egypt and Israel's breakthrough agreement at Camp David was one of the defining diplomatic moments of our time. Here is how it all began.
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Publishers Weekly - Cahners\\Publishers_Weekly
This curiously appealing book, based on the diary Boutros-Ghali kept between 1979 and 1981, when he was Egypt's minister of state for foreign affairs, is by turns frankly personal and professionally guarded. Either way, it provides a behind-the-scenes portrait of a modern diplomat at work. Beginning with Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat's dramatic visit to Israel in 1977 and progressing through the Camp David talks (Boutros-Ghali was present for both events), the book ends with the assassination of Sadat at a parade Boutros-Ghali did not attend. At its slowest, this account sticks too closely to its original diary format, with endless diplomatic meetings (including weather reports) doggedly noted. But Boutros-Ghali proves he has a sharp eye for the bizarre; for example, he recounts a bedroom conference with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in which the Egyptian diplomat primly sits in his chair while Amin repeatedly offers a place lying next to him on the bed. Sadat emerges as a distant, removed figure who, the author thinks, put too much trust in Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. On another political note, he relates that Sadat claimed Jimmy Carter told him the U.S. president could not win reelection unless Camp David was a success, and that only then would Egypt get what it wanted. Boutros-Ghali offers a rare glimpse into a rarefied world.
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This curiously appealing book, based on the diary Boutros-Ghali kept between 1979 and 1981, when he was Egypt's minister of state for foreign affairs, is by turns frankly personal and professionally guarded. Either way, it provides a behind-the-scenes portrait of a modern diplomat at work. Beginning with Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat's dramatic visit to Israel in 1977 and progressing through the Camp David talks (Boutros-Ghali was present for both events), the book ends with the assassination of Sadat at a parade Boutros-Ghali did not attend. At its slowest, this account sticks too closely to its original diary format, with endless diplomatic meetings (including weather reports) doggedly noted. But Boutros-Ghali proves he has a sharp eye for the bizarre; for example, he recounts a bedroom conference with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in which the Egyptian diplomat primly sits in his chair while Amin repeatedly offers a place lying next to him on the bed. Sadat emerges as a distant, removed figure who, the author thinks, put too much trust in Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. On another political note, he relates that Sadat claimed Jimmy Carter told him the U.S. president could not win reelection unless Camp David was a success, and that only then would Egypt get what it wanted. Boutros-Ghali offers a rare glimpse into a rarefied world. Photos not seen by PW. (May)
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The late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's historic trip to Jerusalem not only led to the normalization of relations between Egypt and Israel but also set in motion the broader Arab-Israeli rapprochement of the 1990s. As minister of state for foreign affairs, Boutros-Ghali was a key player in this historic period of Egyptian diplomacy. His book is a fascinating personal account of the process of Egyptian-Israeli peacemaking. The author describes in detail the roles of various public figures in promoting, or hindering, that process. Boutros-Ghali also discusses the Camp David accord and Egypt's endeavors to gain Third World support after Cairo's ostracism by the Arab world. The easy narrative makes the book especially accessible to nonspecialists. Highly recommended.Nader Entessar, Spring Hill Coll., Mobile, Ala.
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A detailed, fascinating (though one-sided) record of the process that culminated in the signing, on March 26, 1979, of the Camp David peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, brokered by President Carter. Boutros-Ghali, until recently the secretary- general of the UN, served from 1977 to 1991 as Egypt's minister of state for foreign affairs. A scholar and a member of an influential family (his grandfather was prime minister of Egypt), Boutros-Ghali was recruited by the shrewd, mercurial Anwar Sadat to help in the delicate process of developing a new relationship with Israel. The narrative, focusing on the years 197779, includes some sharp portraits of Boutros-Ghali's diplomatic colleagues in the Arab world (though his views of American and Israeli diplomats seem rather one-dimensional), and gives a convincing view of the awkward, tortuous, exhausting process of international diplomacy. Of use to historians, but too detailed and partisan to be of much interest to a general audience.
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  • ISBN-13: 9780679452454
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 5/20/1997
  • Pages: 366
  • Product dimensions: 6.45 (w) x 9.57 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Boutros Boutros-Ghali was secretary-general of the United Nations until December 1996. As Egypt's minister of state for foreign affairs, he was a chief participant at the meetings that culminated in the Camp David accords between Egypt and Israel. Dr. Boutros-Ghali received his doctorate from the University of Paris. A distinguished academic, active in many international associations, he has written numerous books and articles on Egyptian and international politics. He has been a professor in the political science department at Cairo University and a member of the Parliament of Egypt.
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