We had a rainy summer in my part of the country; fortunately, Dennis Ross’s chronicle of failed peacemaking was at hand—all 840 pages. Anyone with a keen interest in the Middle East, or in the arduous work of making peace, or in the potential of negotiators to lose sight of the facts on the ground, should read it, but with a critical eye—rain or shine. The Missing Peace i (...)
November 05, 2004
Books
What a Mess
The Missing PeaceThe Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East PeaceDennis RossFarrar, Straus and Giroux, $35, 840 pp.Waging PeaceIsrael and the Arabs, 1948-2003Itamar RabinovichPrinceton University Press, $16.95, 344 pp.How Israel LostThe Four QuestionsRichard Ben CramerSimon & Schuster, $24, 307 pp.
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