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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670021717
ISBN-13
9780670021710
eBay Product ID (ePID)
78675136
Product Key Features
Book Title
Our Last Best Chance : the Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril
Author
Abdullah II of Jordan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Royalty, Presidents & Heads of State, World / Middle Eastern, Political, Middle East / General
Publication Year
2011
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
21.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Ds154.6.A23a3 2010
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
Copyright Date
2010
Lccn
2009-054380
Dewey Decimal
956.9504/4092 B
Dewey Edition
22
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