Our Last Best Chance - A Story of War and Peace

Informationen zum Autor King Abdullah II of Jordan Klappentext A call for peace by the most dynamic leader of the Arab world. At a time of unprecedented upheaval in the Middle East, King Abdullah II of Jordan is almost unique in enjoying widespread popular support. He is the ultimate modern-day monarch, as comfortable at a business conference as he is at a meeting of the Arab League. In this prescient memoir-cum-manifesto, he makes an urgent plea to push for a solution to the Arab-Israeli crisis. He writes with disarming frankness about his own upbringing and warns of the brewing resentment in the region. A call to arms by the most dynamic young ruler in the Arab world, Our Last Best Chance helps explain the volatile underpinnings of the new Arab awakening. Zusammenfassung A call for peace by one the longest serving rulers in the Middle East   At a time of unprecedented upheaval in the Middle East, King Abdullah II of Jordan is almost unique in enjoying widespread popular support. He is the ultimate modern-day monarch, as comfortable at a business conference as he is at a meeting of the Arab League. In this prescient memoir-cum-manifesto, he makes an urgent plea to push for a solution to the Arab-Israeli crisis. He writes with disarming frankness about his own upbringing and warns of the brewing resentment in the region. A call to arms by the most dynamic young ruler in the Arab world, Our Last Best Chance helps explain the volatile underpinnings of the new Arab awakening.

Product details

• Authors: bin al-Hussein Abdullah, Abdullah II King of Jordan, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah II. bin al-Hussein, King Abdullah II, King Abdullah II of Jordan
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2012
• EAN: 9780143120308
• ISBN: 978-0-14-312030-8
• No. of pages: 347
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 214 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Naher Osten : Politik, Zeitgeschichte, Revolution, Palästina, Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Biography / Autobiography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State