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My Promised Land

The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel

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My Promised Land

Written by: Ari Shavit
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
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 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

“A deeply reported, deeply personal history of Zionism and Israel that does something few books even attempt: It balances the strength and weakness, the idealism and the brutality, the hope and the horror, that has always been at Zionism’s heart.”—Ezra Klein, The New York Times

Winner of the Natan Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award

Ari Shavit’s riveting work draws on historical documents, interviews, and private diaries and letters, as well as his own family’s story, to create a narrative larger than the sum of its parts: both personal and of profound historical dimension. As he examines the complexities and contradictions of the Israeli condition, Shavit asks difficult but important questions: Why did Israel come to be? How did it come to be? Can it survive?

Culminating with an analysis of the issues and threats that Israel is facing, My Promised Land uses the defining events of the past to shed new light on the present. Shavit’s analysis of Israeli history provides a landmark portrait of a small, vibrant country living on the edge, whose identity and presence play a crucial role in today’s global political landscape. Middle East Military World
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Very well described events of one of the most disturbed regions of the world, this book doesn't sway to the loyalty of the ethnic roots of the author. I wanted to know closely about how this all began and where it stands. The author has done complete justice to my expectations. Honestly, it was gory at times and chilling. I had to keep it aside as my mind couldn't handle the description of the happenings - but then this was truth. I have read it now but never read it again.

Chilling but accurate

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