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"Eleven powerful pieces first published in The New Yorker recall the path terror in the Middle East has taken from a more peaceful time in 1990s Israel to the recent beheadings of reporters by ISIS.With the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright became generally acknowledged as one of our major journalists writing on terrorism in the Middle East. This collection draws on several articles he wrote while researching that book as well as many that he's written since, following where and how Al Qaeda and its core cult-like beliefs have morphed and spread. They include: a picture of Saudi Arabia under the control of the religious police; the Syrian film industry, then compliant at the edges but already exuding a feeling of the barely masked fury that erupted into civil war; Israel and Hamas waging war over Gaza. Others continue to look into Al-Qaeda as it forms a master plan for its future, experiences a rebellion from within the organization, and spins off a growing web of terror in the world. The American response is covered in profiles of two FBI agents and a head of the CIA. It ends with the recent devastating capture and beheadings by ISIS of four American journalists and how our government handled the situation"--

With his hallmark insight into the forces at play in the Middle East and his acclaimed journalistic skill, Lawrence Wright takes us through each of the thirteen days of the Camp David conference, delving deeply into the issues and enmities between the two nations, explaining the relevant background to the conflict and to all the major participants at the conference, from the three heads of state to their mostly well-known seconds working furiously behind the scenes

Introduction -- Part I: Scientology. The convert ; Source ; Going overboard -- Part II: Hollywood. The faith factory ; Dropping the body ; In service to the stars ; The future is ours ; Bohemian rhapsody ; TC and COB -- Part III: The prison of belief. The investigation ; Tommy -- Epilogue. - "Based on more than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists--both famous and less well known--and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology: its origins in the imagination of science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard; its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate (and legally acknowledged) religion; its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S. government; its vindictive treatment of critics; its phenomenal wealth; and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard"--From publisher description

Intro -- About the Author -- Other Books by This Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Epilogue -- A Note on Sources and a Few Words About Journalism.

In einer spannenden Politreportage beschreibt der amerikanische Journalist, wie der Jude Begin, der Moslem Sadat und der evangelikale Christ Carter in einem harten Ringen das Abkommen von Camp David aushandelten, dem 1979 der Friedensvertrag zwischen Israel und Ägypten folgte. Rezension: In einem für historisch Interessierte spannend zu lesenden Politreport beschreibt der 2007 mit dem Pulitzerpreis ausgezeichnete Journalist des "New Yorker", wie das Abkommen von Camp David zustande kam, eines der wenigen Hoffnungszeichen in der an Erfolgen nicht gerade reichen jüngsten Geschichte des Nahen Ostens. Nach einem einführenden Prolog minutiös Tag für Tag beschreibend, stellt Wright dar, wie es 1978 den 3 Staatsmännern unterschiedlicher Religion - dem orthodoxen Juden Begin, dem Moslem Sadat und dem evangelikalen Christen Carter - in 13-tägigen Verhandlungen gelang, in einem ausserordentlich harten, immer wieder von Rückschlägen geprägten Ringen den Fahrplan für den Friedensvertrag zwischen Israel und Ägypten auszuhandeln, der dann 1979 unterzeichnet wurde. Den Hintergrund für den dramatischen Ablauf der Verhandlungen vermittelt Wright, der den amerikanischen Präsidenten als den entscheidenden Motor des Friedensprozesses sieht, durch eingeschobene Rückblenden auf die historisch-politischen und biografischen Zusammenhänge. Bibliografie, Kreuzregister. (2)