Jordan, the United States and the Middle East Peace Process, 1974-1991

by Madiha Rashid al Madfai

Overview

On July 31, 1988, King Hussein of Jordan renounced all administrative and legal ties with the Israeli-occupied West Bank of the River Jordan, initiating a new turning point in the Middle East peace process. In this path-breaking study, Madiha Madfai explores Jordan's role in the USA's peacemaking efforts during the Carter, Reagan and Bush administrations. She examines the events culminating in the action of 1988 and convincingly demonstrates the history of anger, anguish and frustration that lay behind the Jordanian decision.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521415231
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/25/1993
Series:	Cambridge Middle East Library , #28
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.83(d)

Table of Contents

Foreword William B. Quandt; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. Introduction; 2. Kissinger's legacy and imprint on the Middle East; Part I. Jordan in the Carter Middle East Policy: 3. Carter picks up the threads; 4. The Camp David accords and Jordan; 5. An evaluation of the development of American strategy for the 1980s; Part II. Jordan in the Reagan Middle East Policy: 6. The evolution of Reagan's strategy; 7. The US, Israel and Jordan: collaboration and discord; 8. Two cases of collaboration and discord; 9. The US and Jordan: how 'much' became 'too much'; Part III. US, Jordan and Arab Approaches to Peace: 10. The Arab framework for peace; 11. Jordan embarks on several lines of foreign policy; 12. US and Jordan: more wheeling and dealing; 13. Postscript: evaluation and conclusion; Appendix A: comparison of Middle East peace proposals; Appendix B: Jordan-US exchange of questions and answers on the Camp David Accords, September 1978; Appendix C: US assistance to Jordan 1975–1989; Appendix D: Arab assistance to Jordan paid in accordance with the 1978 Baghdad Summit Conference and 1980 Amman Arab summits; Appendix E: Peres-Hussain Agreement (The London Document), 11 April 1987; Appendix F: Shamir's Four-point plan, April 1989; Appendix G: Baker's Five-point plan, December 1989; Appendix H: Invitation to Madrid Peace Conference, 18 October 1981; Appendix I: Letter of Assurances to the Palestinians, 18 October 1981; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"...an insightful and comprehensive analysis of Jordanian national interests, foreign policy objectives, and the means utilized to pursue those goals....It is an original work, meticulously researched using documentary sources and extensive interviews with crucial policymakers, that has no parallel in the literature on the Middle East—in particular on Jordanian efforts to make peace with Israel....The book also provides a rare and penetrating look at American foreign policy in the Middle East....[I]mportant and should be read by everyone—generalists, specialists, or practitioners—with an interest in the Arab-Israeli peace process and US policy in the region." Choice

"...Madfai says much of value and her book is a welcome addition to the historiography of the evolution of the Middle Esat peace process." Steven Z. Freiberger, American Historical Review

"All of this story makes for rather fascinating reading, perhaps particulary for the reader with a broad international perspective...especially informative and enlightening for the general reader...Al Madfai's work helps a good deal to enlighten both specialist and general reader about a little-known aspect of Middle Eastern history and politics." Barry Preisler, The International History Review

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