From Beirut to Jerusalem
by Thomas L. Friedman
Friedman's decade as a correspondent in Lebanon and Israel: war, tribes, Hama, the intifada. His best book, National Book Award winner.
Read it if…
you want the Middle East explained by a witness.
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Skip it if…
you want current events.
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Three things you will actually use
- Tribes and states.
- Witness before theory.
- Understand both sides' fears.
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Read the Beirut chapters.
Our verdict
Friedman's Middle East.
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