The Thirteen Days that Changed the Middle East Peace Process

At the 1978 Camp David, conference President Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East, one which endures to this day. Lawrence Wright gives a day-by-day account of the thirteen days of the Camp David conference and looks into why the problems of the region are so intractable. His book Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David  gives in-depth accounts of the lives of the three leaders and draws vivid portraits of other fiery personalities who were present at Camp David — including Moshe Dayan, Osama el-Baz, and Zbigniew Brzezinski — as they work furiously behind the scenes. Wright also explores the significant role played by Rosalynn Carter. 

Thirteen Days in September, by Lawrence Wright

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