Prologue: the end -- Why Israelis, Arabs, and Palestinians see the world the way they do -- The road to Madrid -- Rabin, presidential transition, the Syrian pocket and Oslo -- From Oslo to the Palestinian Authority -- The evolution of the Syrian talks -- King Hussein fulfills his grandfather's legacy -- The interim agreement -- The Rabin assassination: would tragedy produce opportunity? -- Was Asad up to it? -- Could the peace process be saved? -- Bibi wins, will peace lose? -- The endless Hebron shuttle -- One last push to settle Hebron -- From breakthrough to stalemate -- The 13 percent solution -- Prelude to Wye -- The Wye Summit -- Bibi surrenders to the right and loses the Israeli public -- Great expectations for Barak -- "Syria's my priority" -- Asad's surprise -- The rise and fall of the Israeli-Syrian deal -- From stalemate to Camp David -- The Camp David Summit -- The denouement: from Camp David to the Intifada to the Clinton ideas -- Learning the lessons of the past and applying them to the future -- Epilogue -- Afterword to the paperback edition -- Appendix.