A groundbreaking, ambitious, and authoritative examination of Israel by one of the most influential columnists writing about the Middle East today
My Promised Land tells the story of Israel as it has never been told before. Facing unprecedented internal and external pressures, Israel today is at a moment of existential crisis. Through revealing stories of significant events and of ordinary individualsâpioneers, immigrants, entrepreneurs, scientists, army generals, peaceniks, settlers, and PalestiniansâIsraeli journalist Ari Shavit illuminates many of the pivotal moments of the Zionist century that led Israel to where it is today. We meet the youth group leader who recognized the potential of Masada as a powerful symbol for Zionism; the young farmer who bought an orange grove from his Arab neighbor in the 1920s, and with the Jaffa orange helped to create a booming economy in Palestine; the engineer who was instrumental in developing Israelâs nuclear program; the religious Zionists who started the settler movement. Over an illustrious career that has spanned almost thirty years, Shavit has had rare access to people from across the Israeli political, economic, and social spectrum, and in this ambitious work he tells a riveting story that is both deeply human and of profound historical dimension.
As it examines the complexities and contradictions of the Israeli condition, My Promised Land asks difficult but important questions: Why did Israel come to be? How did it come to be? And can Israel survive? Culminating with an analysis of the issues and threats that Israel is currently facing, both internal and external, My Promised Land uses the defining events of the past to shed new light on the present. The result is a landmark portrait of a small, vibrant country living on the edge, whose identity and presence play a crucial role in todayâs global political landscape.
Praise for My Promised Land
âWith the heart of a storyteller and the mind of a historian, Ari Shavit has written a powerful and compelling book about the making of modern Israel. No country is more emotionally connected to the United States, and no countryâs fate matters more to many Americans. And yet, until Shavitâs My Promised Land, it has been growing more difficult to sense the character of Israel through all the caricatures. This book is vital reading for Americans who care about the future, not only of the United States but of the world.ââJon Meacham
âA beautiful, mesmerizing, morally serious, and vexing book. Iâve been waiting most of my adult life for an Israeli to plumb the deepest mysteries of his countryâs existence and share his discoveries, and Ari Shavit does so brilliantly, writing simultaneously like a poet and a prophet. My Promised Land is a remarkable achievement.ââJeffrey Goldberg, national correspondent, The Atlantic
Categories:
- History
- Military
Publisher : Random House
Author : Shavit, Ari
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2013-11-19
Number Of Pages : 480
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0385521707
ISBN-13 : 9780385521703
Item weight : 1.7 lb
Dimensions : 1.4 in x 6.4 in x 9.3 in
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