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The Gun and the Olive Branch: The Roots of Violence in the Middle East

by David Hirst

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More than a decade before Israel's New Historians revolutionized the study of Israeli history, English journalist David Hirst wrote The Gun and the Olive Branch, a classic, myth-breaking general history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Hirst, former Middle East correspondent of the Guardian, traces the origins of the terrible conflict back to the 1880s to show how Arab violence, although often cruel and fanatical, is a response to the challenge of repeated aggression. The Gun and the Olive Branch is an absorbing, potentially controversial, history of the Middle Eastern conflict that is indispensable to anyone with an interest in world politics and by partisans of both sides.

This classic and controversial account of the origins of the Middle East conflict returns to print updated with a lengthy introduction that reflects on the course of recent Middle Eastern history — especially the abortive Israeli-Palestinian peace process and 9/11.

Review:

"A lifelong sympathizer with the Palestinian tragedy and a first-rate reporter who has devoted his life to living in and writing about the Arab world." Edward Said

Review:

"A brilliant analytical mind." Robert Fisk, author of Pity the Nation

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"[T]his book will make uncomfortable reading for many who will no doubt do what they can to discredit him. But they will find it difficult to challenge the integrity of this quizzical and caustic reporter who has an unrivalled record of offending Arab governments and being banned by them." Financial Times

Review:

"First published in 1977, it now has a 130-page polemical foreword reflecting subsequent developments....If anything, the tone is even darker than in the original text." The Guardian

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About the Author

David Hirst contributes to the Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, the Irish Times, the St. Petersburg Times, Newsday, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Beirut Daily Star. He is the author of Sadat, a study of the late Egyptian president who once denounced him over the airwaves. Hirst has been banned at various times from visiting Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. He lives in Beirut.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781560254836

Author:

Hirst, David

Publisher:

Nation Books

Location:

New York

Subject:

General

Subject:

Middle East

Subject:

Middle East - Israel

Subject:

Zionism

Subject:

Middle East - General

Subject:

Arab-Israeli conflict

Subject:

World History-Middle East

Copyright:

2003

Edition Number:

3

Edition Description:

Third Edition

Series:

Nation Books

Series Volume:

no. 7-4936

Publication Date:

20030831

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Language:

English

Pages:

400

Dimensions:

8.25 x 5.5 in 25.5 oz

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Product details 400 pages Nation Books - 2012-08-30 English 9781560254836 Reviews:

"Review" by Edward Said, "A lifelong sympathizer with the Palestinian tragedy and a first-rate reporter who has devoted his life to living in and writing about the Arab world."

"Review" by Robert Fisk, author of Pity the Nation, "A brilliant analytical mind."

"Review" by Financial Times, "[T]his book will make uncomfortable reading for many who will no doubt do what they can to discredit him. But they will find it difficult to challenge the integrity of this quizzical and caustic reporter who has an unrivalled record of offending Arab governments and being banned by them."

"Review" by The Guardian, "First published in 1977, it now has a 130-page polemical foreword reflecting subsequent developments....If anything, the tone is even darker than in the original text."