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The son of a fighter pilot, raised in an air force barracks, Ahmed Aboul Gheit was privy to the confidential meetings, undisclosed memorandums, and battle secrets of Egyptian diplomacy for many decades. After a stint at military college, he began his career at the Egyptian embassy in Cyprus before later going on to become permanent representative to the United Nations and eventually, Egypt's minister of foreign affairs under Hosni Mubarak. In this fascinating memoir, Aboul Gheit looks back on the October War of 1973 and the diplomatic efforts that followed it, revealing the secrets of his long career for the first time. From Anwar Sadat's impassioned address to his cabinet on the eve of the war to delegations ripping out the walls and wiring at their respective hotels, from Jimmy Carter cycling through the bungalows at Camp David to U.S. State Department miscalculations, Aboul Gheit gives a lively and information-packed account of a turbulent time in Middle Eastern history.
Specialists and armchair historians alike know that Egyptian state documents are never declassified. Virtually all available coverage of the 1967 and 1973 wars and subsequent diplomatic efforts comes from Israeli sources. To get an Arab perspective-from Nasser's military defeat in 1967, through the armed conflict of 1973, to the Oslo Accords and beyond-eyewitness testimony remains key. The recrimination-filled meeting of Arab League leaders in Cairo on the day of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Yitzhak Shamir's blunt admissions to his Arab counterparts in the 1991 Madrid conference, and more, are offered in the first-person perspective of one who has seen it all.
Contents
Dedication
Foreword
Introduction
Part One: Witness to War
1 Silent War, Secret War: 1968-73
2 Twenty-Four Decisive Hours in My Life with Hafiz Ismail
3 Egypt and the October Victory
4 American Assessments of the Situation
5 The Battle Approaches
6 The October War: Military and Diplomatic Efforts, Coordinated
7 Accepting the Ceasefire
8 The War's Final Week
9 The Post-Resolution 338 Crisis
10 Attempts to Extricate the Third Army
11 Kissinger and Reaping the Rewards
12 Back to the Decision to Go to War
13 The War's Objectives and Outcomes
Part Two: Witness to Peace
14 Sadat's Visit to Jerusalem
15 The Mena House Conference
16 The Ismailiya Summit
17 The Political Committee and the Visit to Jerusalem
18 Israel's Arrogance
19 Attempts to Advance the Negotiations
20 Camp David I
21 Building Political Consensus Toward a Settlement
22 Leeds Castle
23 The Road to Camp David
24 Camp David II
25 The Egyptian and Palestinian Paths
26 The Madrid Conference
27 The Invasion of Kuwait, the Destruction of Iraq, and the Road to Madrid
28 Peace Talks Begin along All Paths
29 Oslo, Camp David, and Resolution 1515
30 Conclusion
Index
