Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land - Hardcover

Shipler, David K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081291273X ISBN 13: 9780812912739

Publisher: Times Books, 1986

Synopsis

A former chief correspondent in Israel for The "New York Times" examines the Arab and Jewish cultures and probes the ways in which the two peoples have sought to accomodate themselves to living side by side.

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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: Times Books
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 081291273X
• ISBN 13: 9780812912739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 596