Description
Product ID: | 9780006530701 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | From Beirut to Jerusalem |
Subtitle: | One Man’s Middle Eastern Odyssey |
Authors: | Author: Thomas Friedman |
Page Count: | 608 |
Subjects: | Memoirs, Memoirs, Middle Eastern history, History, Terrorism, armed struggle, Middle Eastern history, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Terrorism, armed struggle, Middle East, c 1990 to c 2000 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating A Second Edition of Thomas Friedman’s stunning book, the first edition of which won the American National Book Award. A Second Edition of Thomas Friedman’s stunning book, the first edition of which won the American National Book Award.‘If you’re only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it.’ Seymour HershIn this lucid, incisive and memorable book, acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic, Friedman reaches deeper into the traumatic and complex recent history of the conflicts in the Middle East than any previous writer.For this new edition, Friedman has added a further two chapters that bring the book up to 1995 and the unfolding – and stalling – of the Middle Eastern peace process.From Beirut to Jerusalem is wonderully shrewd, surprisingly funny and indispensable to anyone seeking a fuller understanding of the political causes and psychological effects of the seemingly endless strife which besets this embattled region. |
Imprint Name: | HarperCollins |
Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1998-10-19 |