num_pages: 571
description: A Second Edition of Thomas Friedmans stunning book, the first edition of which won the American National Book Award.If youre only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it. Seymour HershIn this lucid, incisive and memorable book, acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic, Friedman reaches deeper into the traumatic and complex recent history of the conflicts in the Middle East than any previous writer.For this new edition, Friedman has added a further two chapters that bring the book up to 1995 and the unfolding and stalling of the Middle Eastern peace process.From Beirut to Jerusalem is wonderully shrewd, surprisingly funny and indispensable to anyone seeking a fuller understanding of the political causes and psychological effects of the seemingly endless strife which besets this embattled region.
language: English
title: From Beirut to Jerusalem: One Man's Middle Eastern Odyssey
titlecomplete: From Beirut to Jerusalem: One Man's Middle Eastern Odyssey
genres: Jewish, Politics, Lebanon, Travel, Israel, War, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, Journalism
ratings_count: 11455
awards: awardedAt: 599644800000
name: National Book Award
category: Nonfiction, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: ASJA Outstanding Book Award, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Helen Bernstein Book Award
category: Excellence in Journalism, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Cornelius Ryan Award
publisher: HarperCollins