Reviews
This superior and remarkably thorough, if brief, study of the Holy Land enigma is strongly recommended as an introduction., This work, written with a relaxed informality, is especially good at highlighting key issues. Sensitive to the perceptions and feelings of both Israelis and Palestinians, the book becomes increasingly detailed as its narrative reaches the contemporary conflict. It will be especially helpful to students and to adult readers with no prior knowledge of the Middle East in general or of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in particular, Gregory Harms has taken an enormously complex issue and made it engagingly accessible. An intelligent, thoughtful and comprehensive introduction to a terribly and consistently misunderstood conflict., "This superior and remarkably thorough, if brief, study of the Holy Land enigma is strongly recommended as an introduction." Choice "An indispensable, basic introduction." Gabriel Kolko, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto and author of The Age of War "A tour de force in the depth and breadth of its research and in its clarity." John K. Cooley, veteran foreign correspondent and author of Unholy Wars "Gregory Harms has taken an enormously complex issue and made it engagingly accessible. An intelligent, thoughtful and comprehensive introduction to a terribly and consistently misunderstood conflict." Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, and author of Failing Peace "This work, written with a relaxed informality, is especially good at highlighting key issues. Sensitive to the perceptions and feelings of both Israelis and Palestinians, the book becomes increasingly detailed as its narrative reaches the contemporary conflict. It will be especially helpful to students and to adult readers with no prior knowledge of the Middle East in general or of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in particular." Arthur Goldschmidt Jr., Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Penn State University and author of A Concise History of the Middle East, "This superior and remarkably thorough, if brief, study of the Holy Land enigma is strongly recommended as an introduction." Choice"An indispensable, basic introduction." Gabriel Kolko, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto and author of The Age of War "A tour de force in the depth and breadth of its research and in its clarity." John K. Cooley, veteran foreign correspondent and author of Unholy Wars "Gregory Harms has taken an enormously complex issue and made it engagingly accessible. An intelligent, thoughtful and comprehensive introduction to a terribly and consistently misunderstood conflict." Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, and author of Failing Peace "This work, written with a relaxed informality, is especially good at highlighting key issues. Sensitive to the perceptions and feelings of both Israelis and Palestinians, the book becomes increasingly detailed as its narrative reaches the contemporary conflict. It will be especially helpful to students and to adult readers with no prior knowledge of the Middle East in general or of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in particular." Arthur Goldschmidt Jr., Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Penn State University and author of A Concise History of the Middle East, This superior and remarkably thorough, if brief, study of the Holy Land enigma is strongly recommended as an introduction." Choice "An indispensable, basic introduction." Gabriel Kolko, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at York University in Toronto and author of The Age of War. "A tour de force in the depth and breadth of its research and in its clarity." John K. Cooley, veteran foreign correspondent and author of Unholy Wars. "Gregory Harms has taken an enormously complex issue and made it engagingly accessible. An intelligent, thoughtful and comprehensive introduction to a terribly and consistently misunderstood conflict." Sara Roy, Senior Research Scholar, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, and author of Failing Peace. "This work, written with a relaxed informality, is especially good at highlighting key issues. Sensitive to the perceptions and feelings of both Israelis and Palestinians, the book becomes increasingly detailed as its narrative reaches the contemporary conflict. It will be especially helpful to students and to adult readers with no prior knowledge of the Middle East in general or of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in particular" Arthur Goldschmidt Jr., Professor Emeritus of Middle East History at Penn State University and author of A Concise History of the Middle East
