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Titel: Ally
Auteur: Michael B. Oren
ISBN: 9780812996418
Conditie: Als nieuw

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Michael B. Orens memoir of his time as Israels ambassador to the United Statesa period of transformative change for America and a time of violent upheaval throughout the Middle Eastprovides a frank, fascinating look inside the special relationship between America and its closest ally in the region.

Michael Oren served as the Israeli ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013. An American by birth and a historian by training, Oren arrived at his diplomatic post just as Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton assumed office. During Orens tenure in office, Israel and America grappled with the Palestinian peace process, the Arab Spring, and existential threats to Israel posed by international terrorism and the Iranian nuclear program. Forged in the Truman administration, Americas alliance with Israel was subjected to enormous strains, and its future was questioned by commentators in both countries. On more than one occasion, the friendships very fabric seemed close to unraveling.

Ally is the story of that enduring allianceand of its divideswritten from the perspective of a man who treasures his American identity while proudly serving the Jewish State he has come to call home. No one could have been better suited to strengthen bridges between the United States and Israel than Michael Orena man equally at home jumping out of a plane as an Israeli paratrooper and discussing Middle East history on TVs Sunday morning political shows. In the pages of this fast-paced book, Oren interweaves the story of his personal journey with behind-the-scenes accounts of fateful meetings between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu, high-stakes summits with the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, and diplomatic crises that intensified the controversy surrounding the worlds most contested strip of land.

A quintessentially American story of a young man who refused to relinquish a dreamirrespective of the obstaclesand an inherently Israeli story about assuming onerous responsibilities, Ally is at once a record, a chronicle, and a confession. And it is a story about loveabout someone fortunate enough to love two countries and to represent one to the other. But, above all, this memoir is a testament to an alliance that was and will remain vital for Americans, Israelis, and the world.

Praise for Ally

The smartest and juiciest diplomatic memoir that Ive read in years, and Ive read my share. . . . The best contribution yet to a growing literaturefrom Vali Nasrs Dispensable Nation to Leon Panettas Worthy Fightsdescribing how foreign policy is made in the Age of Obama.Bret Stephens, The Wall Street Journal

Illuminating . . . [Orens] personal odyssey exemplifies the shift from a liberal and secular Zionism to a more belligerent nationalism.The New York Times

Provocative . . . Orens book offers a view into the deep rifts that have opened not only between Washington and Jerusalem, but also between Israeli and American Jews.Newsweek

[Oren is] one of the most uniquely qualified judges of this ever more crucial special relationship.The Washington Times

The diplomatic equivalent of a kiss-and-tell memoir . . . informative and in parts entertaining.Financial Times

The talk of Washington and Jerusalem . . . an ultimate insiders story.New York Post

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