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Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
Winner of the Washington Institute Book Prize
One of the Best Books of the Year
St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Kirkus Reviews
In this groundbreaking work, Bruce HoffmanâAmericaâs leading expert on terrorismâbrilliantly re-creates the crucial thirty-year period that led to the birth of Israel.âŚ
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I wrote a book about the Arab Revolt during the British Mandate; this book is about the Jewish Revolt that followed it.
Hoffmanâs book is both extremely detailed and hugely engaging, both academically rigorous and a rollicking good read. The Jewish revolt against British rule is an oft-forgotten topic, perhaps because it flatters neither pro-Israel nor anti-Israel prejudices.
Israelâs defenders are not often keen to be reminded that Jews are eminently capable of anti-Western terrorism; Israelâs detractors are not keen to be reminded that the country was born in an anti-colonial struggle. Itâs almost as if, hear me out here,âŚ
From Oren's list on learning the roots of the Israeli-Arab conflict.
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