Arab and Jew : Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land PDF
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The best and most comprehensiveworb there is in English on this subject' — WalterLaqueur. TheNewYork Times I I rj\-i WOUNDED SPIRITS A PROMISED LAND IN w mrm *' % I. jM. WINNER OF THE 1986 PULITZER PRIZE U DAVID K.SHIPLER Authorof Russia: Broken Idols. SolemnDreams Discoverwhy this book wasselectedby theBook-of-the-Month Club, theJewish Book Club, andtheHistory Book Club. "Powerful Remarkable freshness and originality Leaves . . . . . . noaspectofthecomplexArab-Jewishrelationshipuntouched. . . . Presented in an abundance of narratives, anecdotes and con- versations that neverseem hac—kneyed" TheNew York TimesBookReview "FinallyaWestern journalisthas left theexperts and theelites for thepeoplethemselves. Shiplerhaspenetratedfarintoforeignfeel- ings and foreigncultures. And hewrites with—great moralpoise." TheNewRepublic "With aneyefordetail and subtleties, Shiplerprovidesanecdotes that are rich inmeaning." — IsraelToday "ThepictureShiplerpaints is chilling. . . . Po—ignant" Chicago Tribune "Critical yet compassionate, ArabandJewoffers acomprehensive guide for anyone wishing to learn about these neighbors and enemies living uneasily side by side." — USA Today PENGUIN BOOKS ARABANDJEW David K. Shipler, who received the 1986 Pulitzer Prize forgeneral non-fiction, has beenwith TheNew YorkTimessince 1966, reportingfromSaigonandMoscow before servingasJerusalemBureauChiefforTheTimesfrom 1979to 1984. In 1982hewasa co-recipientoftheGeorgePolkAwardforforeignreportingforhiscoverageofthewar in Lebanon. He was aguest scholar at the Brookings Institution in 1984-85, after whichhejoinedtheWashingtonbureauoiTheTimes, andin 1987, becamethenews- paper'schiefdiplomaticcorrespondent. Hispreviousbook, Russia:BrokenIdols,Solemn Dreams (available from Penguin), was a national be^t-seller, and won the Overseas PressClubAward. ARAB W a n d E m Wounded Spirits a Promised Land DAVID SHIPLER K. PENGUIN BOOKS PENGUINBOOKS VikingPenguinInc.,40West23rdStreet, NewYork,NewYork 10010,U.S.A. PenguinBooksLtd,27WrightsLane,LondonW85TZ (Publishing&Editorial)andHarmondsworth, Middlesex,England(Distribution&Warehouse) PenguinBooksAustraliaLtd,Ringwood, Victoria,Australia PenguinBooksCanadaLimited,2801JohnStreet, Markham,Ontario,CanadaL3R1B4 PenguinBooks(N.Z.)Ltd, 182-190WairauRoad, Auckland 10,NewZealand FirstpublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyTimesBooks,adivision ofRandomHouse,Inc., 1986 ReprintedbyarrangementwithTimesBooks PublishedinPenguinBooks1987 Copyright©DavidK.Shipler, 1986 Allrightsreserved. Page597constitutesacontinuationofthiscopyrightpage. LIBRARYOFCONGRESSCATALOGINGINPUBLICATIONDATA Shipler,DavidK., 1942- ArabandJew. Reprint.Originallypublished:NewYork: TimesBooks,C1986. Bibliography:p. Include—sindex. — I. Jewish-Arabrelations 1949—- 2. Israel Ethnicrelations.—3. WestBank Ethnicrelations. 4. GazaStrip Ethnicrelations. 5. National characteristics,Arab. 6. Nationalcharactetistics, Israeli. I.Title. DS119.7.S476 1987 956.94'o5 87-2564 ISBNo1401.03767 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaby R.R. Donnelley&SonsCompany,Harrisonburg,Virginia SetinGaramond#3 ExceptintheUnitedStatesofAmerica, thisbookissoldsubjecttothecondition thatitshallnot,bywayoftradeorotherwise, belent,re-sold,hiredout,orotherwisecirculated withoutthepublisher'spriorconsentinanyformof bindingorcoverotherthanthatinwhichitis publishedandwithoutasimilarcondition includingthisconditionbeingimposed onthesubsequentpurchaser For Jonathan, Laura, and Michael Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. — Isaiah 21:6 The spirit ofa man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? — Proverbs 18:14
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