| Product Summary | | Format: Paperback | | ISBN: 9780385413725 | | Publisher: Anchor Books | | Publish Date: 8/1/1995 | | Buy.com Sku: 30055143 | | Item#: R6WCGT | | Dimensions (in Inches) 8H x 5L x 1.25T |
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| | | Winner of the 1989 National Book Award for nonfiction, this extraordinary bestseller is still the most incisive, thought-provoking book ever written about the Middle East. Thomas L. Friedman, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting, and now the Foreign Affairs columnist on the op-ed page of the "New York Times, drew on his ten years in the Middle East to write a book that "The Wall Street Journal called "a sparkling intellectual guidebook... an engrossing journey not to be missed." Now with a new chapter that brings the ever-changing history of the conflict in the Middle East up to date, this seminal historical work reaffirms both its timeliness and its timelessness. "If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it." -- Seymour Hersh. ""From Beirut To Jerusalem is the most intelligent and comprehensive account one is likely to read." -- "New York Times Book Review.
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Before he figured out that THE WORLD IS FLAT, Thomas Friedman had to endure a few bumps as a New York Times correspondent in Beirut and Jerusalem. For his 10 years of distinguished reporting, Friedman was awarded two Pulitzer Prizes, and a National Book Award for FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM, which remains at or near the top of the list of definitive books about the Middle East. When he was first appointed to Beirut in 1979, Friedman was as innocent (or ignorant) as most people when it came to understanding the inherent complexities of politics in the Middle East. His fascinating account of those years is filled with eye-opening anecdotes and insights that gradually accumulated into an education, and the final result is one of the most comprehensive and compelling analyses of this continually turbulent region. Far too many reports about the ongoing conflict between Lebanon and Israel reinforce shallow stereotypes about the irrationality of the violence, which leaves the impression that the cause is hopeless. Friedman uniquely delves into the psychological motivations of each side, in terms of religious, tribal, economic, and political associations, and emerges with firm patterns of behavior that can be effectively analyzed and adjusted in diplomatic engagements.
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"If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it." - Seymour HershWashington Post Book World
"This is a book that must be read by all who are concerned about the present and future of a part of our world to which Western civilization has always been, and will continue to be, vitally connected." - Chaim Potok |
| Author Bio| Thomas L. Friedman | | Thomas L. Friedman's journey to his prestigious and influential position as Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times began early; he credits his high school teachers for instilling in him a "love of writing" and a "passion for journalism." Friedman was educated at Brandeis University, where he earned his B.A., and Oxford University, where he earned a Master of Philosophy degree in Middle East studies. He also attended the American University in Cairo. Friedman won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting in the 1980s, when he served first as bureau chief in Beirut and later as bureau chief in Jerusalem for the New York Times. His first book, FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM (1989) recounts his experiences in those cities, and it was followed in 2000 by THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE, his first work on globalization.||In 2005, Friedman published THE WORLD IS FLAT, a major statement on globalization whose provocative world view and common-sense explanations helped make it a bestseller. It also showed, as he explicitly states, how much the world had changed since his earlier books. Friedman welcomes the exciting new world of globalization and the many opportunities it offers, but he advises that America needs to be better prepared if it is to maintain its lead in a globalized, flat world.||Thomas Friedman's columns in the New York Times are avidly read by fans for their rational, centrist views of current events, and for the high caliber of their writing. In 2006, Friedman's achievements were honored when he was named a Pulitzer judge. |
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