> This isn't exactly omitted from the American story, either, but by the
> time
> Taba took place, Clinton and Barak were (to borrow from Yoshie)
> politically
> dead.
>
> -- Luke
Counterpoint to Dennis Ross tome, "The Missing Peace : The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, " http://www.nationbooks.org/book.mhtml?t=swisher The Truth About Camp David by Clayton E. Swisher September 2004 - ISBN: 1560256230
The collapse of both sets of Arab-Israeli negotiations in 2000 led not only to recrimination and bloodshed, with the outbreak of the second intifada, but to the creation of a new myth. Syrian and Palestinian intransigence was blamed for the current disastrous state of affairs, as both parties rejected a "generous" peace offering from the Israelis that would have brought peace to the region.
The Truth About Camp David shatters that myth. Based on the riveting, eyewitness accounts of more than forty direct participants, some speaking publicly for the very first time, former federal investigator-turned-investigative journalist Clayton E. Swisher provides a compelling counternarrative to the commonly accepted history.
Clayton E. Swisher, a former Marine reservist and federal criminal investigator, was educated as the University of Pittsburgh, Georgetown University, and is currently studying Law & Economics part-time at George Mason University. Swisher works as an associate for a Middle East consulting firm in Washington, DC, where he resides.
"A carefully researched account that challenges conventional interpretations of the Camp David summit of 2000. The author has talked to many of the players and lets the reader hear their varying perspectives. This helps to build the historical record of what actually happened during the most recent, but flawed, effort to forge peace between Arabs and Israelis."
--William B. Quandt, professor of politics, University of Virginia; author of Peace Process
-- Michael Pugliese