A Second Edition of Thomas Friedman's stunning book, the first edition of which won the American National Book Award. 'If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it.' Seymour Hersh In this lucid, incisive and memorable book, acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic, Friedman reaches deeper into the traumatic and complex recent history of the conflicts in the Middle East than any previous writer. For this new edition, Friedman has added a further two chapters that bring the book up to 1995 and the unfolding - and stalling - of the Middle Eastern peace process. From Beirut to Jerusalem is wonderully shrewd, surprisingly funny and indispensable to anyone seeking a fuller understanding of the political causes and psychological effects of the seemingly endless strife which besets this embattled region.
Updated through the first term of President George W. Bush, this edition analyses how each US president since Lyndon Johnson has dealt with the complex challenge of Arab-Israeli peacemaking.
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McMahon ( 1862-1949 ) , British High Commissioner in Cairo , negotiated with Sharif Hussein of Mecca . He had approached the High Commissioner in July 1915 , offering Arab aid against Turkey if Britain , in return , would pledge support ...
In response to a surprise incursion by Hezbollah combatants into northern Israel and their abduction of two Israeli soldiers, Israel launched a campaign that included the most complex air offensive to have taken place in the history of the ...
A vivid, intellectual journey through the works of the renowned writer
Anything written today concerning the Jewish nation is significant. But when a book appears from the pen of a scholar such as Dr. Charles L. Feinberg, it becomes significant indeed. This book will stir much thought on the part of readers.
The responsibility for co - ordinating the efforts to advance the peace process fell to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State , Richard Murphy . He was trying to narrow the gap between what Peres could deliver and what Hussein could ...
The Case for Moral Clarity: Israel, Hamas and Gaza
Initiating. peres in not only a politician for the late twentieth century; he is Cognizant of his responsibility to those who came before and Thos who will follow.
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