Acceptance of the Roadmap for Peace; Dictators; Sidney Blumenthal
Acceptance of the Roadmap for Peace
Ariel Sharon and the Israeli cabinet have accepted the Roadmap for Peace, by a 12-7 decision (with four abstentions), and with reservations. This means that Sharon and the new Palestinian Prime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas, can move forward in the creation of an independent Palestinian state. Larry Mantle has an update on the Roadmap for Peace with Matt Rees, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for Time magazine.
Dictators
What happens to ruthless and powerful dictators when they are deposed but not killed? Journalist Riccardo Orizio wondered about this, and he interviewed seven of them for his new book, Talk of the Devil: Encounters With Seven Dictators (Walker). Riccardo Orizio joins host Larry Mantle to talk about his encounters with Idi Amin Dada, Jean-Claude Duvalier and five other dictators.
Sidney Blumenthal
Larry Mantle talks with Sidney Blumenthal, a former New Yorker writer and senior advisor to President Clinton. Blumenthal's new book, The Clinton Wars (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), offers an inside account of the former President's tumultuous second term, and documents what the author describes as a vast, right-wing conspiracy against the administration.