Customer Review: This book is so full of interesting characters and betrayals that it's easy to get lost the way you do in a great novel - but of course it's all true. Well worth reading not only for history, but also as a study of humanity.
Customer Review: If you read readers' reviews on any book concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict, you'll notice the same names blasting every book that does not come out resolutely in favor of Israel. Not surprisingly, these folks did not like this book by Bernard Wasserstein, either. That's really too bad because... more info
Customer Review: There is some history of Jerusalem here. But it isn't all that good. And the author's conclusions are dubious at best. Suppose we were to see a history of Vilnius. We'd discover that the capital of Lithuania could be claimed by Russia, Belorus, or even Poland. Of course, these places have their... more info