- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Profile Books; New edition edition (12 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1861975589
- ISBN-13: 978-1861975584
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 993,468 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Nowhere else are [the arguments] set out so clearly, both on the map and against the passage of time.' James Buchan, Guardian
Jewish Chronicle, May 30, 2004
His latest tract, reasoned and balanced, makes a compelling case.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The author looks at the underlying strategic situation of Israel and Palestine: demographics, land, nationalism, water etc.
His historical research and use of data is impeccable: he summarises a lot of historical debate and research, dating back to the Mandate Period, succinctly and authoritatively.
His (somewhat optimistic to my mind) conclusion is that the demographic and other trends will absolutely force the two sides together. Neither the right wing (military occupation followed by transfer or ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians) nor the left wing (separation via a cordon sanitaire) solutions are long run feasible in his view.
If I had one small criticism it is that the maps seem to lack detail: but they make the points he is trying to raise, so this is largely a niggle.
This is an excellent and rational summary of what is going on in the Middle East. The last (and very different) book on the subject I enjoyed this much was David Hare's Via Dolorossa.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was looking for something which hit me with the basic concepts of this whole conflict, which in a way this book did.
However intertwined with that is an incredible amount of detail, some of which is necessary and some which I got lost in quite frankly.
You have to be on the ball to pick out the main points as to the source of the current situation, but I would suggest that there must be a better publication for:
'giving it to you straight'.
This is perhaps for the more informed commentator.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This short book is targeted at the well-informed layman, who perhaps follows events in the Israel/Palestine conflict and peace process and wants to know more about how things came to be the way they are.
I was particularly impressed by Prof Wasserstein's balanced approach; I never felt he was grinding an axe for one side or the other.
The only slight criticism I would make is that I wanted more on the "Can They Stop?" thread of his argument.
For all that it is a slim volume, it is packed with interesting information, and plenty of sources and references for further reading.
I was particularly impressed by Prof Wasserstein's balanced approach; I never felt he was grinding an axe for one side or the other.
The only slight criticism I would make is that I wanted more on the "Can They Stop?" thread of his argument.
For all that it is a slim volume, it is packed with interesting information, and plenty of sources and references for further reading.
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