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Shimon Peres signed the accord, in secret,
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
Consensus academics articulated the need for tough men of will in politics, using prose laden with metaphors of sexual prowess.
Elaine Tyler May • Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era
The battle lines were drawn. And foreign policy was the decisive issue.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
In the partisan days of the late 1950s, the Democrats adopted the concept of Flexible Response. John Kennedy anchored his campaign for president on a pledge to jettison the doctrine of massive retaliation. When he was elected, Kennedy undertook an accelerated program to enhance America’s conventional war capabilities.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
Eisenhower was in charge. He not only set the tone, but made the major decisions.
Jean Edward Smith • Eisenhower in War and Peace
But the last thing Jordan wanted in 1994 was responsibility for the millions of Palestinians then living in the West Bank, especially after the aborted Palestinian civil war led by the PLO against King Hussein in 1970.
Alan Dershowitz • The Case for Israel
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Jon Meacham • Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
D’abord, il y a eu les inflexions progressives de la gauche de gouvernement qui l’ont rapprochée du paradigme libéral. Il ne s’agit pas ici de la « trahison des classes populaires » de la note du think tank Terra Nova discutée précédemment, mais bien de l’acceptation progressive de la troisième voie portée par Tony Blair et Gerhart Schröder, et doc
... See moreVincent Tiberj • La droitisation française, mythe et réalités (French Edition)
So Netanyahu became the first Likud leader to come out publicly for the two-state solution. The left predictably lauded him and the extreme right denounced him, but the Israeli center—the solid majority—approved.