A Blood-Dimmed Tide
by Amos Elon
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Author: Amos ElonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-10-15
ISBN: 0231107439
Number of pages: 264
Publisher: Columbia University Press
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Book Review: Full of humanity and insight
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't think this book is only for the "non-radical left-wing Israeli ideologist" as another review put it (perhaps just a throwaway line). For anyone wanting a deeper insight into the mess that Israel-Palestine has become, this book shows just how many opportunities for peace have been missed on all sides.
Written with balance, insight, and humour, it's remarkably entertaining considering the subject. The "Letter from Alexandria" is great, especially the mention of its denizen "Captain Jorge y Nelken-Waldberg ... a Romanian with a Swedish-Spanish name, United States citizenship, and a commission in the Argentine army, who edited the local French newspaper. He was born Jewish, but was a dignitary of the Alexandria Greek Orthodox Church". Certainly was a cosmopolitan place.
But my favourite section is the the inside story on how a "couple of nuts" engineered the 1993 Oslo accord.
A wonderful collection of essays written with wit and humanity, by one who was very much there.
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