What did Henry Kissinger expect from step-by-step diplomacy? Why at the time did he misread support for the PLO? What made President Carter speak of a Palestinian homeland? Why did President Sadat go to Jerusalem? And who misgauged the strength of moderate Arab reaction to Camp David?
Hermann Eilts , us Ambassador to Egypt from 1973 to 1979. talks to Michael Charlton about these and other questions of us policy in the Middle East.
Producer JULIAN COLES