King's Counsel

<br />His narrative contains secrets that will revise our understanding of the Middle East. In 1967 O'Connell tipped off Hussein that Israel would invade Egypt the next morning. Later as Hussein's Washington counselor O'Connell learned of Henry Kissinger's surprising role in the Yom Kippur War.<br /><br />The book's leitmotif is betrayal. Hussein the Middle East's only bona fide peacemaker wanted simply the return of the West Bank seized in the Six-Day War. Despite American promises the clear directive of UN Resolution 242 and the years of secret negotiations with Israel that never happened. Hussein's dying wish was that O'Connell tell the unknown story in this book.