Avi Shlaim was born in Baghdad in 1945; grew up in Israel; and received his university education at Cambridge and the LSE. He is a Fellow of St. Antony's College and a Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. He held a British Academy Research Professorship in 2003-06 and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2006. His books include COLLUSION ACROSS THE JORDAN: King Abdullah, The Zionist Movement, and the Partition of Palestine (Winner of the Political Studies Association's WJM Mackenzie Prize, 1988), THE POLITICS OF PARTITION (1990), WAR AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST: A CONCISE HISTORY (1995) and THE IRON WALL: ISRAEL AND THE ARAB WORLD (2000).
"A powerful, richly researched history. . . . Fascinating. . . . Passionately engaged. . . . Nuanced and human. . . . Shlaim's blow-by-blow account of Hussein's career reads as a somberly addictive saga. . . . King Hussein's whole life was spent in foreign affairs, and his story becomes the story of the Middle East over half a century."--"New York Review of Books" "King Hussein was a leader of remarkable vision, commitment and humanity. . . . Shlaim brilliantly lays out Hussein's search for tranquility for his country and his neighbors, and the obstacles his negotiating partners put in his way."--"The Washington Post""An absorbing diplomatic chronicle. . . . [Shlaim's] authority, and tenacity, are undeniable. . . . His narrative is gripping. . . . Shlaim details every move, much like a crime reporter covering an interminable gang war, marveling at the young boss's ability to play for a draw or make his own luck. . . . Step by step, he guides us through the opport
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