King's Counsel: A Memoir of War, Espionage, and Diplomacy in the Middle East

by Jack O'Connell

Book Overview

His narrative contains secrets that will revise our understanding of the Middle East. In 1967, O'Connell tipped off Hussein that Israel would invade Egypt the next morning. Later, as Hussein's Washington counselor, O'Connell learned of Henry Kissinger's surprising role in the Yom Kippur War.

The book's leitmotif is betrayal. Hussein, the Middle East's only bona fide peacemaker, wanted simply the return of the West Bank, seized in the Six-Day...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393063348
• ISBN13: 9780393063349
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"