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This is the first book to provide a clear, accessible, and annotated introduction that covers the full history of the region. ... It offers a comprehensive yet lucid rendering of the conflict, setting it in its proper historical context. Harms and Ferry show how today's violence is very much a product of recent history, with its roots in the twentieth century. (London Bangla )
This superior and remarkably thorough, if brief, study of the Holy Land enigma is strongly recommended as an introduction. (Choice, March 2006 )
A tour de force in the depth and breadth of its research and in its clarity (John K. Cooley, veteran foreign correspondent and author of Unholy Wars. )
An indispensable, basic introduction (Gabriel Kolko, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto and author of The Age of War. )
Gregory Harms has taken an enormously complex issue and made it engagingly accessible. An intelligent, thoughtful and comprehensive introduction to a terribly and consistently misunderstood conflict. (Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, and author of Failing Peace. )
This work, written with a relaxed informality, is especially good at highlighting key issues. It will be ... helpful to students and to adult readers. (Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Penn State University and author of A Concise History of the Middle East )
This superior and remarkably thorough, if brief, study of the Holy Land enigma is strongly recommended as an introduction. (Choice, March 2006 )
A tour de force in the depth and breadth of its research and in its clarity (John K. Cooley, veteran foreign correspondent and author of Unholy Wars. )
An indispensable, basic introduction (Gabriel Kolko, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto and author of The Age of War. )
Gregory Harms has taken an enormously complex issue and made it engagingly accessible. An intelligent, thoughtful and comprehensive introduction to a terribly and consistently misunderstood conflict. (Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, and author of Failing Peace. )
This work, written with a relaxed informality, is especially good at highlighting key issues. It will be ... helpful to students and to adult readers. (Arthur Goldschmidt Jr. Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Penn State University and author of A Concise History of the Middle East )
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The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict of the twentieth, and now twenty-first, century. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to assume the hostilities stretch back to an ancient period. This is the first book to provide a clear, accessible, and annotated introduction that covers the full history of the region, from Biblical times until today. Perfect for the general reader, as well as students, it offers a comprehensive yet lucid rendering of the conflict, setting it in its proper historical context. Harms and Ferry show how today's violence is very much a product of recent history, with its roots in the twentieth century.
This balanced account is now fully up to date and makes a valuable resource for anyone who wants a clear guide to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian territories, and its place in the history of Middle Eastern affairs.
This balanced account is now fully up to date and makes a valuable resource for anyone who wants a clear guide to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian territories, and its place in the history of Middle Eastern affairs.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The author begins by laying out his method and reasons for writing the book and it sounds realy promising. He explains that the conflict isn't like a sporting event where you pick a side and route for them; also that being non-biased doesn't mean that you have to counter every story with an equally bad story from the other side; and that the story really isn't that complex and uncomprehensible. His motive in writing the book is that it is so difficult to find a comprehensive history of the full conflict in under 500 pages. All of this sounds fantastic but a third of the way through the book and he's still going on like this. You start to feel like he will never begin the book. When he does get started it's a cursory glance at 4000 years and then it ends in an indulgent conclusion.
So I was a little dissapointed...
I was willing to forgive historical cliches for the sake of brevity but after the indulgent introduction and conclusion I was more critical of the sacrifice of real history. Still if you treat it as the 'undercoat' before applying the real coat of knowledge then it's not too bad. It's also so quick to read that if you don't get much from it you won't feel you've wasted precious reading time.
So I was a little dissapointed...
I was willing to forgive historical cliches for the sake of brevity but after the indulgent introduction and conclusion I was more critical of the sacrifice of real history. Still if you treat it as the 'undercoat' before applying the real coat of knowledge then it's not too bad. It's also so quick to read that if you don't get much from it you won't feel you've wasted precious reading time.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A good beginners' introduction to the Palestine-Israel conflict - covers all the major events and examines historical evidence to find a root cause. Reasonable objective (which is hard given the topic). As an undergrad studying a module in this topic I found it a useful starting point for my studies at the beginning of the year, and now as a reference for brief explanations of key occurrences. Would definately recommend it.
Format:Paperback
A curious book to get completely absorbed in, but it's so well written and so easy to follow that by the end of it you feel far more aware of what's going on in the region. The author has doggedly stuck to the purpose of the book and not got side-tracked by world events. A very impressive read.
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