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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 Chancehelps explain the volatile underpinnings of the new Arab awakening.

King Abdullah II spent his formative years in the United States, where he went to Eaglebrook and Deerfield, and in England, where he trained to be an officer at Sandhurst. A cavalry officer in the Jordanian army, he eventually became commander of the Jordanian Special Forces, a position that allowed him to forge invaluable relationships with intelligence and military offices around the world. The head of the Hashemite family, he is a forty-third generation direct descendant of the Prophet Mohammad. His family ruled the holy city of Mecca for more than eight hundred years and his great-grandfather led the Arab revolt for independence from Ottoman rule.

Preface to the Paperback Edition	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii

The Conflict Begins	p. 3
The 1967 War	p. 14
Dark Clouds over Amman	p. 22
Arriving in America	p. 31

Sandhurst	p. 43
Qatraneh Nights	p. 50
A Secret Mission	p. 56
"You Guys Don't Stand a Chance"	p. 64
A Royal Wedding	p. 77
Lessons in Diplomacy	p. 86
Very Special Operations	p. 100

In the Footsteps of a Legend	p. 111
Becoming King	p. 130
Friends and Neighbors	p. 142
Transforming Jordan	p. 155
Desert Deerfield	p. 177

Jerusalem at the Heart of Conflict	p. 187
Seeking Peace, Getting War	p. 196
War in the Desert	p. 215
"We Will Be Greeted as Liberators"	p. 225

My Islam	p. 239
Jordan's 9/11	p. 250
The Amman Message	p. 257

The End of an Era	p. 267
The Mask Slips	p. 280
A New Voice from America	p. 291
Fortress Israel or a Fifty-Seven-State Solution?	p. 307
Acknowledgments	p. 329
Index	p. 333
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Our Last Best Chance A Story of War and Peace

Our Last Best Chance A Story of War and Peace

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