Reaching for the Heights: The Inside Story of a Secret Attempt to Reach a Syrian-Israeli Peace

"This important and eye-opening book is the first-ever account of secret negotiations to broker a Syria-Israel peace deal-negotiations that came tantalizingly close to success. Ambassador Frederic Hof, who spearheaded the US-mediated discussions, takes readers behind the scenes in Washington, Damascus, and Jerusalem, where President Assad and Prime Minister Netanyahu inched toward a deal to return Israeli-occupied areas of the Golan Heights in exchange for Syria severing military ties with Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas"--