Introduction. A falcon trapped in a canary's cage the Hashemite-Zionist connection a judgement of Solomon two kinds of partition the collusion the tortuous road to war on the brink the invasion the counter-offensive lull in the storm the war against Egypt a farewell to arms negotiating the armistice agreement the sterile armistice the Lausanne conference Israel's Palestinian option the elusive peace treaty annexation and negotiation violent finale. Conclusions. Appendices: 1 - agreement between the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom and the State of Israel, 23 March 1949 2 - agreement between the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom and the State of Israel, 30 March 1949 3 - Israeli-Jordanian general armistice agreement, 3 April 1949 4 - treaty of amity and non-agression between the State of Israel and the Hashemite Jordan Kingdom, March 1959 5 - Jordan's comments on the Israeli note of 16 April 1951. Bibliography. Index.