The Lost Years: Radical Islam, Intifada, and Wars in the Middle East 2001-2006

"After the monumental convergence of powers at Camp David, the world watched with bated breath as hope for a peaceful resolution to the long, bitter dispute between Israel and Palestine was lost in the wake of the intifada. Following years of searching for an end to the bloodshed, how did the tragic blindness of both parties throw this region into such chaos?" "In The Lost Years, Charles Euderlin presents a scrupulous chronicle of the Israeli and Palestinian descent into hell. Political leaders and secret negotiators, military chiefs and CIA agents, Enderhn has met them all - Israeli and Palestinian - and he accounts for all sides, including U.S. and international involvement. He trails the bad political calculations of the Palestinians, which led to the defeat of Fatah and to the victory of the Islamists. And he exposes Israel's unilateral political approach and new military doctrines that had disastrous consequences for both camps. Intifada, September 11th, war in Iraq, the construction of the wall, the withdrawal from Gaza, the end of the reigns of the two old enemies (Arafat and Sharon), the electoral victory of Hamas, and the war in Lebanon - Enderlin reveals the implacable logic at work behind the crucial events of a confused period. The Lost years, the sequel to Enderlin's bestseling book, Shattered Dreams, is an essential work for those who try to understand without judging, but still want to believe in peace."--BOOK JACKET.… (more)