Soundtrack: An iPod Epic
This is where this particular story starts: I was listening to my iPod, and I had set it to shuffle. I don’t necessarily like the shuffle function. I resort to it. Some folks enjoy the surprise of...
Tag: reviews
People of the Book: a review
This is a review of Zachary Karabell's People of the Book: The Forgotten History of Islam and the West. John Murray. 2007. In Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations, the author envisioned...
Lion of Jordan: A Review
This is a review of Avi Shlaim's Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace. Allen Lane. 2007. Many volumes on the lives of Israeli and Palestinian politicians, and their involvement...
The Oil and the Glory: A Review
This is a review of Steve LeVine's The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea. Random House. 2007. Steve LeVine has worked as a freelance journalist for The Wall...
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: A Review
Super Capers movie This is a review of Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present by Michael Oren. W.W. Norton, 2007
Soldier film It is believed that America only...
Dangerous Nation: A Review
This is a review of Dangerous Nation: America’s Foreign Policy from Its Earliest Days to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Robert Kagan. Vintage Books, November 2007
When it comes to America’s...
The Other Side of Israel
This is a review of The Other side of Israel: My Journey Across the Jewish-Arab Divide. Author: Susan Nathan. Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006 The State of Israel is a Jewish nation. Every Jew is...