From Beirut to Jerusalem
1989 book by Thomas Friedman
0-385-41372-6 (1990)From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989) is a book by American journalist Thomas L. Friedman chronicling his days as a reporter in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War and in Jerusalem through the first year of the Intifada.[1]
Friedman wrote a 17-page epilogue for the first paperback edition (Anchor Books, 1990) concerning the potential for peaceful resolution in Israel and Palestine.
Reception
It received the 1989 National Book Award for Nonfiction[2] and also the Cornelius Ryan Award. In a book review for The Village Voice, Edward Said criticized what he saw as a naive, arrogant, and orientalist account of the Israel–Palestine conflict.[3]
References
External links
- Booknotes interview with Friedman on From Beirut to Jerusalem, September 10, 1989
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Thomas Friedman
- From Beirut to Jerusalem (1989)
- The Lexus and the Olive Tree (1999)
- Longitudes and Attitudes (2002)
- The World Is Flat (2005)
- Hot, Flat, and Crowded (2008)
- That Used to Be Us (2011) (with Michael Mandelbaum)
- Thank You for Being Late (2016)
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