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Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace

Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace


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This important and eye-opening book is an insider’s account of secret negotiations to broker a Syria-Israel peace deal—negotiations that came tantalizingly close to success. Ambassador Frederic Hof, who spearheaded the US-mediated discussions in 2009-11, takes readers behind the scenes in Washington, Damascus, and Jerusalem, where President Assad and Prime Minister Netanyahu inched toward a deal to return Israeli-occupied areas of the Golan Heights in exchange for Syria severing military ties with Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas. Hof’s candid assessments, refreshing self-criticism, compelling prose, and rich historical detail make this a masterful memoir of an unknown chapter in American diplomacy.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Madeleine Albright and Stephen J. Hadley Preface Key Actors Timeline, 1920–2012 Introduction 1. War and the Search for Peace, 1948–2000 2. Coming on Board 3. Getting Started 4. Escaping the Deposit Dead End 5. Mitchell, Assad, and Mediating in Earnest 6. Meeting Assad: Preparing the Way 7. The Meeting 8. On to Jerusalem 9. Opportunity Lost 10. Aftermath 11. Reflections Key Documents Further Reading Notes Index

About the Author :
Frederic C. Hof was the chief architect and mediator of the 2009–11 US initiative to broker peace between Israel and Syria. This mission was the culmination of Hof’s nearly three decades of public service, which began as a US Army officer in Vietnam and continued at the State Department. After a period in the private sector, he returned to the State Department, where, in 2012, he was awarded the rank of ambassador by President Obama. In 2018, after five years at the Atlantic Council, Hof was named the inaugural Diplomat-in-Residence at Bard College in upstate New York, where he resides with his wife, Brenda. Hof is the recipient of the Purple Heart and numerous other awards from the Department of Defense and the State Department.

Review :
“Hof combines personal involvement with academic expertise to provide rare, revealing, and animating insight into the latest effort to resolve the Syrian-Israeli conflict. A must-read for anyone interested in US diplomacy and Middle Eastern politics.” --Itamar Rabinovich, Israel’s former chief negotiator with Syria; “Reaching For the Heights is a masterful account of one of the most complex mediation efforts of our time. Hof’s memoir puts you in the nexus of hardball negotiations, offering invaluable lessons for mediators and policymakers alike.” --Dareen Khalifa, Senior Syria Analyst, International Crisis Group ; “Israelis and Syrians not able to reach an agreement? Nonsense! When a knowledgeable, experienced, and tough-minded diplomat is involved, it can happen. Hof reveals the oh-so-close agreement he negotiated in secret. If not for the murderous rampage against his own people by Assad and the reluctance of the Obama administration to use its influence to stop it, the Middle East map would certainly be changed. Opportunity squandered.” --Ambassador Richard L. Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State


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  • ISBN-13: 9781601278708
  • Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press
  • Publisher Imprint: United States Institute of Peace Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1601278705
  • Publisher Date: 05 Apr 2022
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Sub Title: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace


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