02921cam a2200385Ii 4500 om184234456 EG-ScBUE 20260218150357.0 180817s2019 ua f 001 0 eng d 9789774169069 YDX eng rda YDX BDX OCLCQ YDXIT OCLCF CBY VT2 OCLCO OCL EG-ScBUE e-fr--- aw----- 070.92 22 ROU Rouleau, Eric, 1926- author. Dans les coulisses du Proche-Orient. English. Truths and lies in the Middle East : memoirs of a veteran journalist, 1952-2012 / Eric Rouleau ; foreword by Alain Gresh. Cairo ; New York The American University in Cairo Press, 2019. xix, 326 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes index. Acknowledgments -- Foreword: Éric Rouleau's empire / Alain Gresh-- Introduction -- Gamal Abd al-Nasser -- Egypt to the Egyptians -- The indispensable Torah -- My brother Ishmael -- The "Prussians" win out over the "Jews" -- The six-hour war -- The "liberal" occupation -- The survivor -- Missing peace -- The end of an era -- "De-Nasserization" -- War and diplomacy -- Lost illusions -- Update and renewal -- The Oslo deadlock -- Cassandra -- Index. Eric Rouleau was one of the most celebrated journalists of his generation, a status he owed to his extraordinary career, which began when Hubert Beuve-Méry, director of Le Monde, charged him with covering the Near and Middle East. In 1963, Rouleau was invited by Gamal Abd al-Nasser to interview him in Cairo, a move which was not lost on the young Rouleau--going through him, a young Egyptian Jew who had been exiled from Egypt in late 1951, shortly before the Free Officers coup, was a means to renew diplomatic ties with de Gaulle's France. This exclusive interview, which immediately made headlines around the world, propelled Rouleau into the center of the region's conflicts for two decades. Writing between Cairo and Jerusalem, Rouleau was a chief witness to the wars of 1967 and 1973, narrating their events from behind the scenes. He was to meet all the major players, including Nasser, Levi Ashkol, Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Yasser Arafat, Ariel Sharon, and Anwar Sadat, painting striking portraits of each. More than a memoir, his book presents a history, lived from the inside, of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Translated from the French. Rouleau, Eric, 1926- Journalists France Biography. BUEsh Journalists Middle East Biography. BUEsh Arab-Israeli conflict. BUEsh February2026 COMAME Reading book Gresh, Alain, writer of foreword. ddc BB 31146 31117 0 0 ddc 0 0 AUC MAIN MAIN LOW 2026-02-18 Purchase 760.00 0 070.92 ROU 000057553 2026-02-18 00:00:00 950.00 2026-02-18 BB