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What an Analysis - An Incredible Book

Revisado: 08-25-23

Thought provoking, insightful, and introspective. So many ways to dissect so many issues. Very balanced. Fantastic reader.

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Want to Know What You're Talking About, Read This

Revisado: 04-26-22

Is Israel really the bad guy? You might be surprised. This book addresses all the arguments against Israel and Zionism. Listen and then make up your own mind based on facts as to who is oppressing and gaslighting who.

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Excellent One Volume History of Israel

Revisado: 02-27-22

Covers almost everything concerning Israel's history from the time of Turkish rule to almost the present in under 17 hours in a very clear and comprehensive manner. A fantastic overview from which one can use as a jumping off point to any one of a thousand areas that might be of interest.

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Compelling!

Revisado: 08-03-20

A compelling study conclusively showing that the Jewish people can rely on no one other than themselves to survive in this world. This is why there must always be an Israel, so that when again anti-Semitism knows no restraint, the Jewish people will always have somewhere to go to so that the horrors of the Holocaust can never be repeated.

And this book makes clear over and again that while FDR was a great man, he was flawed in that the saving of millions of lives meant nothing to him if it might mean the loss of a single vote. At virtually every turn FDR turned a blind eye to the plight of the Jews although it would have taken very little on his part to save so many. Unfortunately, the conclusion is inescapable that FDR was anti-Semitic, albeit his was of a softer kind, not shown by way of overt action, but through quiet inaction. So while it is true that FDR had Jewish friends -- Justice Felix Frankfurter, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morganthau, Rabbi Stephen Wise -- he was no friend of the Jewish people, with the consequences numbering in the millions.

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An Amazing Story.

Revisado: 09-02-18

Too bad that the world can be such an awful place that this amazing story of courage and perserverance even has to be told (albeit through fictionalized characters). Yet, the worst in some people always seems to bring out the greatness in others. So very sad that the world has all but forgotten both the Nazi's hideous destruction of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto and the heroic effort of the Jews to stop tyranny while the rest of the world silently looked on and chose to wilfully ignore what was happening until the end of the war. As has been said, those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it. Therefore, it is no surprise to see the rise again in Europe of the way too far right and it's associated anti-Semitism. For this reason alone books like this one from Leon Uris, as well as his Exodus should be assigned reading in all middle school classes throughout the world; but especially in Europe where they just never seem to learn.

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Unbelievably Fantastic Book

Revisado: 08-15-18

An autobiography of an incredible person who modestly utilizes his life to tell much of the history of Israel. In doing so, Ehud Barak conveys the intrangience of both the Palestinian leadership and the far religious and nationalistic right in Israel to make peace, which unless halted will inexorably lead to a one state solution. Mr. Barak clearly explains why that would have awful repercussions for not only the Palestinians, but for Israel itself, including an extremely real threat to Israel's very existence as a Jewish State and Homeland. It was also very refreshing to read a book written by a politician who clearly cares more about his country, it's people, and, yes, even the Palestinians, than he does about using the book as a means for self-aggrandizement and for achieving political gain. Also, this great book was made even better by way of a super narrator.

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Incredible!!!

Revisado: 10-02-17

One of the best books I've ever read and I've read a thousand or more; easily in my top 20, if not my top 10. Suberb writing and fantastic narration. War's evils permeate this book, while simultaneously the innate goodness and unsung heroism of some people are there to battle against them. This book not only makes you feel like you are actually there, watching all this, but it takes you right into the heart of a man's soul and the demon's he will never be able to escape in a lifetime following the war. This book should be required reading for. high school and college literature and philosophy classes.

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Incredible Book!

Revisado: 02-18-17

Incredible, comprehensive, scholarly, and most of all insightful. Probably the best book ever written on the U.S.-Israeli relationship and one of the best books pertaining to Israel. Dennis Ross should be every President's Secretary of State.

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Oh, what might have been.

Revisado: 12-05-16

A very sad story, majestically written based on exhaustive research. This book leads me to ask, wouldn't it be nice if we could put all the religious fanatics from all the religions into one small room and leave them to their own devices to work out their differences relating to what they each know God wants, while leaving the rest of us out of it.

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Great.History.

Revisado: 11-28-16

Excellent well grounded historical report and analysis of the six day war and the decision makers involved

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