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Our Last Best Chance: A Story of War and Peace

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Availability:In StockContributor:King Abdullah II of JordanAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2012-03-27Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143120308ISBN-10:143120301UPC:9780143120308Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, Middle East, PeaceSize:8.41 x 5.48 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCJHH5BARP
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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143120308ISBN-10:143120301UPC:9780143120308Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, Middle East, PeaceSize:8.41 x 5.48 x 0.86 inchesWeight:0.7209Product ID:SCJHH5BARP
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.
Publisher: Penguin Books

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