Israeli-Palestinian conflict Books & Reviews

Strategic Horizons

Despite predictions to the contrary, America's superpower status remains uncontested.

Wasserstein's Jerusalem

Discounting the Jewish claim to Jerusalem in the name of evenhandedness is no way to achieve a just settlement.

Pericles and 'Big Bill' Thomson

James Ceaser's Reconstructing America locates the "real America" in the ideas and values of the Founders. But a purely political conception of America is inadequate.

Bernadotte and Shamir

Marton's qualifications to write a book about the Middle East are slightly higher than Bernadotte's were to make peace there, but in the end it comes to the same: two boy scouts setting up pup-tents in minefields.

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May 26, 2012