Arab And Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land - Softcover

Shipler, David K

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140103767 ISBN 13: 9780140103762

Publisher: Penguin, 1987

Synopsis

This is an examination of the intricate relationships that have evolved between Arabs and Jews as they have dwelled together in Israel and in territories under Israeli control. The author presents a portrait of people whose perceptions have been changed by war, religion, nationalism and political conflict. The author's purpose is not to travel over the old ground of the political or military dimensions of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Instead he has sought out the human dimensions of the people involved - Muslims, Arabs, Jews and Christians; Bedouins, Israeli Arabs and West Bank Palestinians; and Israeli Jews from across the spectrum of religious and political conviction. "Arab and Jew" won the Pulitzer Prize on its American publication in 1986.

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Review

"The best and most comprehensive work there is in the English language on this subject." - Walter Laqueur, The New York Times

"A rich, penetrating, and moving portrayal of Arab-Jewish hostility, told in human terms." - Newsday

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE
The best and most comprehensive work there is in the English language on this subject.
" New York Times "
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Powerful Remarkable freshness and originality Leaves no aspect of the complex Arab-Jewish relationship untouched Presented in an abundance of narratives, anecdotes, and conversations that never seem hackneyed.
" New York Times Book Review "
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A rich, penetrating, and moving portrayal of Arab-Jewish hostility, told in human terms.
" Newsday"
Finally a Western journalist has left the experts and the elites for the people themselves. Shipler has penetrated far into foreign feelings and foreign cultures. And he writes with great moral poise.
" New Republic"
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Critical yet compassionate, Arab and Jew offers a comprehensive guide for anyone wishing to learn about these neighbors and enemies living uneasily side by side.
" USA Today"
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With an eye for detail and subtleties, Shipler provides anecdotes that are rich in meaning.
" Israel Today"
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The picture Shipler paints is chilling.... Poignant.
" Chicago Tribune"
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A superb journalistic meditation that captures the Middle East s mirror image of intolerance.
" Philadelphia Inquirer"
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About the Author

DAVID K. SHIPLER reported for the "New York Times" from 1966 to 1988 in New York, Saigon, Moscow, and Jerusalem before serving as chief diplomatic correspondent in Washington, D.C. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for "Arab and Jew." He shared a George Polk Award for his coverage of the 1982 war in Lebanon and was executive producer, writer, and narrator of two PBS documentaries on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He is the author of six other books, including the bestsellers "Russia" and "The Working Poor." Shipler, who has been a chair of the nonfiction Pulitzer committee, a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution, and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has taught at Princeton University; at American University; and at Dartmouth College. He writes online at The Shipler Report.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140103767
• ISBN 13: 9780140103762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 624