From Beirut to Jerusalem - Softcover

Friedman, Thomas L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250034418 ISBN 13: 9781250034410

Publisher: Picador USA, 2012

Synopsis

"If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it."---Seymour M. Hersh

One of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman drew upon his ten years of experience reporting from Lebanon and Israel to write this now-classic work of journalism. In a new afterword, he updates his journey with a fresh discussion of the Arab Awakenings and how they are transforming the area, and a new look at relations between Israelis and Palestinians, and Israelis and Israelis. Rich with anecdote, history, analysis, and autobiography, From Beirut to Jerusalem will continue to shape how we see the Middle East for many years to come.

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Review:

"The most intelligent and comprehensive account one is likely to read." --The New York Times Book Review

"A book that must be read by all who are concerned about the present and future of a part of our world to which Western civilization has always been, and will continue to be, vitally connected." --The Washington Post Book World

"A sparkling intellectual guidebook...An engrossing journey not to be missed." --The Wall Street Journal

"A complex, illuminating vision written with a novelist's eye for the telling detail and a reporter's knack for the revealing quote." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Perhaps no other book written for a popular audience has so successfully explained the unexplainable....This book is an annotated road map to the past, and a brilliant crystal ball for the future." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch

"Fascinating...Friedman has mastered his subject." --Time

From the Back Cover:

WINNER OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

In this lucid, incisive and memorable book, hailed on both sides of the Atlantic, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Friedman reaches deeper into the traumatic, complex recent history of the conflicts in the Middle East than any previous writer. 'From Beirut to Jerusalem' is wonderfully shrewd, suprisingly funny, and indispensable to anyone seeking a fuller understanding of the political causes and psychological effects of the seemingly endless litany of strife which besets this embattled region. This Second Edition has been fully updated to include an account of the nascent Middle East peace process begun in 1992.

"Jubilantly intelligent – a dashing hybrid of autobiography and journalism. Friedman's book is a lifeline to the sane, a beacon to the hopeful".
MICHAEL COREN, 'Sunday Times'

"Friedman's approach is both original and thought – provoking. His analysis of the changing shape of relations between Israel and the American-Jewish community is masterful ...a striking achievement."
ANDREW GOWERS, 'Financial Times'

"A richly textured work, saturated with grim and appalling truths"
CHAIM POTOK ,' Washington Post '

" Friedman fills the yawning gap between verbiage and understanding with grace, precision and insight."
ECONOMIST

"A sparkling intellectual guidebook...an engrossing journey not to be missed."
WALL STREET JOURNAL

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador USA
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1250034418
• ISBN 13: 9781250034410
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 656