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The shock was intense when King Hussein decided, a month before his death, to step down as crown prince in favor of his son, Prince Abdullah.
Randa Habib, who was close to King Hussein and senior officials, reveals the circumstances surrounding this sudden decision by the cancer-stricken Jordanian monarch regarding the crown prince.
The author also recounts the successes and failures of the king’s relationships with Yasser Arafat, Hafez al-Assad, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, and Yitzhak Rabin. She sheds light on the details of a former Libyan ambassador’s account of the disappearance of Imam Musa al-Sadr in Libya.
She also addresses the current phase in Jordan, presenting a personal portrait of King Abdullah and the most prominent events that the country witnessed up to the beginning of the tenth year of his reign.
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