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Title details for Our Last Best Chance by King Abdullah II of Jordan - Available

Our Last Best Chance

The Pursuit of Peace in a Time of Peril

by King Abdullah II of Jordan
Nadim Sawalha
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A newsbreaking memoir that tackles head-on the toughest challenge in the world today.
When a dying King Hussein shocked the world by picking his son rather than his brother, the longtime crown prince, to be the next king of Jordan, no one was more surprised than the young head of Special Operations, who discovered his life was in for a major upheaval.
This is the inspirational story of a young prince who went to boarding school in America and military academy in Britain and grew up believing he would be a soldier. Back home, he hunted down terrorists and modernized Jordan's Special Forces. Then, suddenly, he found himself king. Together with his wife, Queen Rania, he transformed what it meant to be a monarch, going undercover to escape the bubble of the court while she became the Muslim world's most passionate advocate of women's rights.
In this exceptionally candid memoir, King Abdullah tackles the single toughest issue he faces head-on- how to solve the Israeli-Palestinian standoff- and reveals himself to be an invaluable intermediary between America and the Arab world. He writes about the impact of the Iraq war on his neighborhood and how best to tackle Iran's nuclear ambitions.
Why would a sitting head of state choose to write about the most explosive issues he faces? King Abdullah does so now because he believes we face a moment of truth: a last chance for peace in the Middle East. The prize is enormous, the cost of failure far greater than we dare imagine.

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  • Release date

    March 22, 2011

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780307748249
      • File size: 419477 KB
      • Duration: 14:33:54

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      King Abdullah's engaging memoir is the story of the recent history of the Middle East from his unique elite point of view. His life has taken him from Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts to Sandhurst in England and to the Palace in Amman. Nadim Sawalha, an accomplished Anglo-Jordanian actor, offers a clear delivery, drama without histrionics, and a wonderful accent. Occasionally, the narrative shifts back and forth in time in a way that may confuse an inattentive listener. Although it was published only months ago, this book has been rendered slightly out of date by the emergence of democracy movements in the Arab world. Still, it's a good introduction to the palace politics of the Middle East. The stories about fishing with Saddam Hussein's sons and flying Sean Connery's helicopter are worth the price of the audiobook. F.C. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine

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