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A gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David convention, when Leader Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli primary minister Menachem Start and Egyptian chief executive Anwar Sadat to signal the first tranquility treaty in the present day Middle East, the one that endures even today. With his hallmark insight in to the causes at play in the Middle East and his acclaimed journalistic skill, Lawrence Wright needs us through each one of the 13 times of the Camp David convention, illuminating the problems that contain made the issues of the spot so intractable, as well as exploring the scriptural narratives that continue to frame the discord. In addition to his in-depth accounts of the lives of the three leaders, Wright draws vivid portraits of other fiery personalities who had been present at Camp David - including Moshe Dayan, Osama el-Baz, and Zbigniew Brzezinski - as they work furiously behind the views. Wright also explores the significant role enjoyed by Rosalynn Carter. What emerges is a riveting view of the making of this unexpected therefore far unprecedented tranquility. Wright exhibits the full level of Carter's persistence in driving an agreement forwards, the extraordinary way in which the individuals at the convention - many of them lifelong foes - achieved it, and the deep difficulties inherent in the process and its outcome, not the least of which has been the still unsettled have difficulties between your Israelis and the Palestinians. In Thirteen Days in September, Wright offers us a resonant work of history and reportage that provides both a well-timed revisiting of this important diplomatic triumph and an internal look at how peace is manufactured.
