Our Last Best Chance: A Story of War and Peace
by King Abdullah II of Jordan
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- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143120301
- ISBN 13
- 9780143120308
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A newsbreaking memoir that tackles head-on the toughest challenge in the world today. When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime crown prince, to be the next king of Jordan, no one was more surprised than the young head of Special Operations, who discovered his life was in for a major upheaval. This is the inspirational story of a young prince who went to boarding school in America and military academy in Britain and grew up believing he would be a soldier. Back home, he hunted down terrorists and modernized Jordan's Special Forces. Then, suddenly, he found himself king. Together with his wife, Queen Rania, he transformed what it meant to be a monarch, going undercover to escape the bubble of the court while she became the Muslim world's most passionate advocate of women's rights. In this exceptionally candid memoir, King Abdullah tackles the single toughest issue he faces head-on- how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian standoff- and reveals himself to be an invaluable intermediary between America and the Arab world. He writes about the impact of the Iraq war on his neighborhood and how best to tackle Iran's nuclear ambitions. Why would a sitting head of state choose to write about the most explosive issues he faces? King Abdullah does so now because he believes we face a moment of truth: a last chance for peace in the Middle East. The prize is enormous, the cost of failure far greater than we dare imagine.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Our Last Best Chance: A Story of War and Peace
- Author
- King Abdullah II of Jordan
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143120301
- ISBN 13
- 9780143120308
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- This edition first published
- 2012-03
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