From Beirut to Jerusalem (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas L. Friedman
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: History and current affairs
- Time of Work: The twentieth century, especially 1979- 1988
- Setting: The Middle East
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Muslims, Terrorism or terrorists, Lebanon or Lebanese people, Jews and Gentiles, Middle East, Civil wars, Geopolitics, Arabs
- Locales: Middle East
Thomas L. Friedman, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times, drove from Beirut to Jerusalem on the morning of June 1, 1984. Five years later, this Jewish journalist from Minnesota skillfully blended anecdote, analysis, and autobiography to author one of the decade’s most arresting books about contemporary politics in the Middle East. Winner of the 1989 National Book Award for nonfiction, From Beirut to Jerusalem was also chosen by The New York Times Book Review as one of the year’s Best Books.
Reporting the news from dangerous places—he...
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