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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     O'Connell, Jack, 1921-2010.     Subjects     O'Connell, Jack, 1921-2010.     Hussein, King of Jordan, 1935-1999 -- Friends and associates.     United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.     Political consultants -- Jordan -- Biography.     Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.     Lawyers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.     Israel-Arab War, 1967.     Jordan -- Foreign relations -- United States.     United States -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.     Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-     Browse Catalog     by author:      O'Connell, Jack, 1921-2010.       by title:      King's counsel : a m...         MARC Display

King's counsel : a memoir of war, espionage, and diplomacy in the Middle East / Jack O'Connell with Vernon Loeb. by O'Connell, Jack, 1921-2010. New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011. Subjects O'Connell, Jack, 1921-2010.   Hussein, King of Jordan, 1935-1999 -- Friends and associates.   United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.   Political consultants -- Jordan -- Biography.   Political consultants -- United States -- Biography.   Lawyers -- Washington (D.C.) -- Biography.   Israel-Arab War, 1967.   Jordan -- Foreign relations -- United States.   United States -- Foreign relations -- Jordan.   Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945- ISBN:  9780393063349 (hardcover) 0393063348 (hardcover) Description:  xx, 266 p. ; 24 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  Summer in Amman, 1958 -- A shotgun in the closet -- Calm before the storm -- The prelude to war -- The six day war -- Making things up as we went along -- "Can I trust this little king of yours?" -- Jousting with the Soviets, talking to the Israelis -- September 1970 -- Back to Washington, back to war -- From Washington to Camp David -- Giving up the West Bank -- Saddam Hussein : friend or foe? -- A war that need not have been waged -- Cold peace -- Missed opportunities, miscalculations, and mistakes -- "A place beyond ourselves" -- Most of our enemies, we made -- Many drums to pound -- Irrepressible optimism. Requests:  0 Summary:  Jack O'Connell possessed an uncanny ability to be at the center of things. On his arrival in Jordan in 1958, he unraveled a coup aimed at the young King Hussein, who would become America's most reliable Middle East ally. Over time, their bond of trust and friendship deepened. In 1967, O'Connell tipped off Hussein that Israel would invade Egypt the next morning. Later, as Hussein's Washington counselor, O'Connell learned of Henry Kissinger's surprising role in the Yom Kippur War. The book's leitmotif is betrayal. Hussein, the Middle East's only bona-fide peacemaker, wanted simply the return of the West Bank, seized in the Six-Day War. Despite American promises, the clear directive of UN Resolution 242, and the years of secret negotiations with Israel, that never happened. Hussein's dying wish was that O'Connell tell the unknown story in this book.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library LLH Closed Stacks 956.04 O'Connell O'C Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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