Doomed to Failure? The Politics and Intelligence of the Oslo Peace Process (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780313366178)

This ground-breaking book examines how and why the much-vaunted Oslo Peace Accords between the Israelis and Palestinians collapsed. The author analyzes the players on both sides of the accords, pointing out the attitudes and actions that serve to undermine peace and promote conflict. On the one hand, she criticizes the Islamist organizations Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for not tolerating the idea of any true long-term peace with Israel. On the other hand, she scrutinizes the factions for and against Oslo that developed within Israeli government circles, and she calls into question the ability of Israeli intelligence to correctly assess the Palestinian negotiators. By means of such examination, this book poses a fundamental question: Can Islamic fundamentalism ever accept the existence of Israel or will it short-circuit any prospect of peace between majority-Muslim states and their non-Muslim counterparts?

Author: Ofira Seliktar
ISBN-10: 0313366179
ISBN-13: 9780313366178
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 10/09/2009 pg. 16
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 53