Waging peace : Israel and the Arabs, 1948-2003 / Itamar Rabinovich.

"Originally published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1999"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

The background -- Madrid and Oslo : years of hope -- Years of stagnation -- Ehud Barak and the collapse of the peace process -- Sharon, Bush, and Arafat -- The web of relationships -- Peace and normalization -- Conclusion.

"Considerably expanded to include the impact of the 2003 war in Iraq and its aftermath, this new edition of Waging Peace provides a unique insight into the critical debate on the future of peace in the Middle East. A former chief negotiator for Israel, noted scholar-diplomat Itamar Rabinovich examines the complete history of Arab-Israeli relations beginning in 1948. He then gives a vivid account of the peace processes of 1992-1996 and the more dispiriting record since then. His updated analysis on Iraq, Ehud Barak, and Ariel Sharon - and on the expanding role of the United States in the Middle East - sheds new light on the long and tumultuous history between Arabs and Jews." "As Rabinovich brings the conflict into this century, he widens the scope of his proposals for achieving normalized and peaceful Arab-Israeli relations. While he considers the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians - a classic dispute between two national movements claiming the same land - Rabinovich also studies the broader political, cultural, and increasingly religious conflict between Israel and Arab nationalism and discusses the region in an international context."--BOOK JACKET.