Table of Contents
Foreword Dennis Ross xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xxi
1 A Tel Aviv Boy 1
2 Nahalal, San Francisco, Geneva 19
3 "Why would a young man like you want to go into the foreign ministry?" 24
4 Banking and Politics 33
5 The Six-Day War: Egyptian POW Interrogator 42
6 Splits and Unifications 47
7 War and Turnabout 61
8 Dayan Joins the Begin Government; Shoval: The Public Diplomat 72
9 Camp David, 1978: Stalemate and Breakthrough 84
10 Begin and Dayan: No Longer 91
11 Hurwitz: Finance Minister; Weizman Seeks to Depose Begin 98
12 Breakup of La'am and the Founding of Telem; Death of Dayan 100
13 The First Lebanon War 106
14 Twice Unity 111
15 "Mr. Ambassador" 123
16 "Money is fungible." 131
17 "We are not considering a preemptive strike." 136
18 "Zalman, the war will start today." 145
19 Bargaining and Crisis 158
20 "I want to begin the peace process-together with you." 170
21 "Israel must choose between guarantees and settlements." 177
22 The Madrid Conference: "The United States will not support the creation of an independent Palestinian state." 184
23 Couch Talks and Coffee Diplomacy 190
24 Stalemate with the Palestinians, Progress with Jordan 202
25 Shamir and George H. W. Bush Leave the Stage 208
26 Other Troubles 213
27 "The Israeli Cronkite" 218
28 The Guarantees: Happy End 225
29 Rabin: "I want you to stay." 235
30 "You have brought honor to Israel and the United States." 242
31 "Your guy won." 244
32 Washington for the Second Time 254
33 The Wye River Conference; Pressure and a Near Blowup 259
34 Efforts to Block the Iranian Nuclear Program 282
35 Another New Boss: Ehud Barak 286
36 Return Home; Barak Is Defeated by Sharon 296
Notes 313
Index 317
About the Author 333