Customer Review
- Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2016Being a fan of Lawrence Wright's takes on multiple religious from Scientology in Going Clear to Al Qaeda in Looming Tower when this came out it was a must buy for me. I wasn't sure if I would enjoy it as much as some of his other books but was more than pleasantly surprised. It is his best book to date. It is a page turner. He describes the various personalities involved: not just those directly involved in the talks but members of both entourages that attend. We read about how Carter chooses Camp David so those involved in the talks will dress down and take advange of all the amenities at the wilderness location, some more than others.
There are multiple instances of members of each government 'sneaking' into the another member of the opponents group. One discussion while on bicycles describes this in a brilliant example. We learn about mistakes from nearly if not by every member including the United States President Jimmy Carter. Only a researcher of Wright's caliber would be able to pull out these examples by interviewing almost every single person alive who was involved in the Egypt-Israeli Peace Accords.
