Middle East

“For those interested in an introductory volume about the Jewish people and Israeli history, this book is highly recommended.”

“The global balance of power was never really the same after the Suez or Hungarian Crisis . . .”

After thousands of years in a state of wandering statelessness, the modern state of Israel came into existence in 1948.

Marriage is impossible.

“If you want to understand the rise and evolution of Hezbollah . . . this is a good place to start.”

Although it was the longest war of the 20th century and caused over a million casualties, the Iran-Iraq War is largely forgotten by the Western world outside of a few military analysts and Middle E

Killing a King by Dan Ephron is extraordinary in its detail as a behind the scenes account of both the Oslo Peace Accords and the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

“This is not a memoir. It is a political polemic. . . . the biggest problem is Soueif’s blind devotion.

“. . . an impressive and unprecedented compendium of research . . . a veritable slog.”

“The result is a timely, thought provoking, and highly readable study.”

“. . . we as historians are in debt to the life and work of Dr. Lewis.”

As an historian, this reviewer found reading Notes on a Century an unexpected pleasure.

“This work contributes to the current military-political literature with its clarity of vision, its minimization of the slant of right leaning biases, and is exemplary presentation of how s