Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land

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Crown/Archetype, Sep 9, 2014 - Political Science - 608 pages
"The best and most comprehensive work there is in the English language on this subject." —New York Times

In this monumental work, extensively researched and more relevant than ever, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that exist between Jews and Arabs that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism.
     Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins in schools; he discusses the far-ranging effects of socioeconomic differences, historical conflicts between Islam and Judaism, attitudes about the Holocaust, and much more. And he writes of the people: the Arab woman in love with a Jew, the retired Israeli military officer, the Palestinian guerrilla, the handsome actor whose father is Arab and whose mother is Jewish.
     For Shipler, and for all who read this book, their stories and hundreds of others reflect not only the reality of "wounded spirits" but also a glimmer of hope for eventual coexistence in the Promised Land.
 

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Foreword tothe
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Introduction
Earth of Brass
The Violent Craven Arab
The Violent Craven
The Primitive Exotic Arab
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DAVID K. SHIPLER reported for The New York Times from 1966 to 1988 in New York, Saigon, Moscow, Jerusalem, and Washington, D.C. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1987 for Arab and Jew. He is the author of five other books, including The Rights of the People, Rights at Risk, and the best sellers Russia and The Working Poor. Shipler, who has been a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, has taught at Princeton University; at American University in Washington, D.C.; and at Dartmouth College.

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