| Description |
1 online resource (553 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
At First Sight, 1897 -- Into the Valley, 1921 -- Orange Grove, 1936 -- Masada, 1942 -- Lydda, 1948 -- Housing Estate, 1957 -- The Project, 1967 -- Settlement, 1975 -- Gaza Beach, 1991 -- Peace, 1993 -- J'Accuse, 1999 -- Sex, Drugs, and the Israeli Condition, 2000 -- Up the Galilee, 2003 -- Reality Shock, 2006 -- Occupy Rothschild, 2011 -- Existential Challenge, 2013 -- By the Sea |
| Summary |
An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of the most influential journalists writing about the Middle East today. Not since Thomas Friedman's groundbreaking From Beirut to Jerusalem has a book captured the Middle East as keenly and dynamically as My Promised Land. In this riveting narrative, Ari Shavit draws on interviews, historical documents, private diaries, and letters, as well as his own family's story, to illuminate the pivotal moments of the Zionist century. In doing so, he also sheds new light on the problems and threats that Israel is currently facing. As it examines the complexities and contradictions of the Israeli condition, My Promised Land asks difficult but important questions: Why did Israel come to be? How did it come to be? Can Israel survive? Provocative, heartfelt, and powerfully compelling, this is a landmark portrait of a small, vibrant country living on the edge, whose identity and presence play a crucial role in today's global political landscape.--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"This edition published by arrangement with Spiegel & Grau." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 549-551) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (EBL platform, viewed April 16, 2014) |
| Subject |
Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Arab-Israeli conflict
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Politics and government
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| SUBJECT |
Israel -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85068700
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| Subject |
Israel
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781922072511 |
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1922072516 |
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