TY - BOOK ID - 134047489 TI - Reaching for the heights : the inside story of a secret attempt to reach a Syrian-Israeli peace PY - 2022 SN - 9781601278708 PB - Washington, D.C. : United States Institute of Peace Press, DB - UniCat KW - Syria KW - Israel KW - United States KW - Foreign relations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134047489 AB - "This important and eye-opening book is the first-ever account of secret negotiations to broker a Syria-Israel peace deal-negotiations that came tantalizingly close to success. Ambassador Frederic Hof, who spearheaded the US-mediated discussions, takes readers behind the scenes in Washington, Damascus, and Jerusalem, where President Assad and Prime Minister Netanyahu inched toward a deal to return Israeli-occupied areas of the Golan Heights in exchange for Syria severing military ties with Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas"-- ER -