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Jeremy Bowen became a foreign correspondent in 1987, covering major conflicts in the Middle East, El Salvador, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Croatia, Chechnya, Somalia, Rwanda, and Kosovo

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Impressive and essential for anyone who wishes to understand the Middle East turmoil that seems to have been going on forever with no end in sight.
 
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comsat38 | Apr 1, 2023 |
A day by day - hour by hour, even - account of the Six Day War during which Israel attacked and roundly defeated the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian armies. Highly readable, 'gripping' as it is well described on its back cover, the book gives details of the history and events leading up to the conflict, the main characters involved, and the aftermath of Israel's victory.

I read the book following President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital in order to better understand the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict and, to that end, as a primer which also helps one understand something of the psychologies of both sides, I highly recommend it.… (meer)
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leigonj | Jan 1, 2018 |
This book is the best I've read concerning the events in the Middle East, it is brilliantly written and written with care and sensitivity. It doesn't beat around the bush to continue any cover ups the media were forced to do at the time. Highly recommended.
 
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