After decades of branding Yasser Arafat an arch-terrorist, Israel has embraced the PLO leader as a partner for peace. In this study of one of the most extraordinary examples of secret diplomacy in the second half of the twentieth century, David Makovsky, diplomatic correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, explores the personal, domestic, regional, and
David Makovsky is the diplomatic correspondent for the Jerusalem Post and a special correspondent for U.S. News and World Report. He was the 1994 corecipient of the National Press Club's Edwin M. Hood Award for Diplomatic Correspondence.
Prologue, I The Unforeseen Peace Process, II Drafting the Declaration of Principles, III Upgrading the Oslo Talks, IV Brinkmanship, V The Israeli Political Environment, VI International and Regional Changes, VII Rabin's Personal Road to Oslo, VIII The Lessons of Oslo, Epilogue
