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Death as a way of life
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David Grossman |
Presents a series of essays from the Israeli author exploring both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in an attempt of understand the breakdown of the peace process begun in Oslo by Yitzhak Ra… |
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Innocent abroad
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Martin Indyk |
If the next American president wants to succeed in the Middle East, his diplomacy will need to take account of the lessons of past failures, presented here in a gripping book by a former two-time U.S… |
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1973 nervous breakdown
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Andreas Killen |
Tumultuous and exciting, 1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of shattering political crisis, 1973 was defined by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the o… |
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Fortress Israel
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Patrick Tyler |
"Once in the military system, Israelis never fully exit," writes journalist Patrick Tyler. "They carry the military identity for life, not just through service in the reserves until age forty-nine ..… |
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Arabs and Israelis
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Abdel Monem Said Aly,Khalil Shikaki,Shai Feldman |
Thoughtful and innovative in its approach, this textbook provides a balanced overview of one of the most protracted and bitter struggles of modern times: the Arab-Israeli conflict. It sets out to rel… |
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Reuters Limited |
"After more than half a century of warfare and human suffering, a peace settlement in the Middle East appears to be as elusive as ever." "Using compelling pictures, evocative text and detailed graphi… |
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Inside Israel
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Aaron Kenedi,John Miller |
"Inside Israel offers a timely exploration of the nation of Israel in all its complexity - from the years when Palestinians and Jews lived side by side, to the founding of the state in 1948, to today… |
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Infernal triangle
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Paul McGeough |
"Shares the Australian war correspondent's experiences from the front lines as he speaks with perpetrators and victims of suicide bombings, militia commanders, public officials, and civilians whose l… |
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Thirteen days in September
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Lawrence Wright |
A gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace… |
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Out of it
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Selma Dabbagh |
Gaza is being bombed. Rashid - a young, clever Palestinian - has been smoking grass on the roof watching it happen when he gets the e-mail he has been desperate for. He's won a scholarship to London.… |
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Intifada
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David Pratt |
"Armed with stones, Kalashnikovs and the scarcely believable martyrdom of the suicide bomber, a generation of Palestinians has confronted one of the most lethal armies in the Middle East in a battle … |
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The Israel lobby and U.S. foreign policy
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John J. Mearsheimer,Stephen M. Walt,John J. Mearsheimer |
Does America's pro-Israel lobby wield inappropriate control over US foreign policy? This book has created a storm of controversy by bringing out into the open America's relationship with the Israel l… |
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Palestine
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Joe Sacco |
"In late 1991 and early 1992, Joe Sacco spent two months with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, traveling and taking notes. Upon returning to the United States in mid-1992, he started writing… |
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The Iron Wall
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Avi Shlaim |
"'Fascinating... Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history.' --New York Times Book Review. For this newly expanded edition, Avi Shlaim has added four chapte… |
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We can have peace in the Holy Land
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Jimmy Carter |
Nobel Peace Laureate Jimmy Carter argues that the present moment is a unique time for achieving peace in the Middle East--and he offers a bold and comprehensive plan. For the last three decades, as P… |
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