Foreword / William B. Quandt -- 1. Introduction. The independent sovereign state of Jordan: some historical considerations. An Arab framework for diplomacy. Goals and constraints of Jordan's foreign policy. Jordan's strategy for peace. 2. Kissinger's legacy and imprint on the Middle East. Designs: setting the scene. Achievement. The Jordanian front. The road to Rabat; its implications and aftermath. The view from Washington. Evaluation -- Pt. I. Jordan in the Carter Middle East policy. 3. Carter picks up the threads. The Geneva conference: some working papers. Private and bilateral deliberations. Carter reviews the difficulties. Sadat's trip to Jerusalem. 4. The Camp David accords and Jordan. Camp David: wheeling and dealing. Jordan's preliminary reaction. Analysis. Jordan's final reactions. Arab reaction. 5. An evaluation of the development of American strategy for the 1980s -- Pt. II. Jordan in the Reagan Middle East policy. 6. The evolution of Reagan's strategy. The evolving strategy. The strategic consensus, the Arab world and Israel. The concept of RDF/CENTCOM, the Arab world and Israel. 7. The US, Israel and Jordan: collaboration and discord. Assistance to Israel. Assistance to Jordan. 8. Two cases of collaboration and discord. 1982: the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. The aftermath. The Reagan Peace Plan interlude. Analysis and reactions. The aftermath. 9
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Jordan
Middle East
United States
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-271) and index
