*** From Beirut to Jerusalem, Thomas Friedman, 1989
Three stars for the average citizen. Four stars for those interested in the Middle East.
Dated, but detailed, it's no surprise why this three-time Pulitzer-prize-winner received the National Book Award with this account of his time spent in the Lebanon and Israel in the 70s and 80s. Friedman was on-hand to see and report first-hand on such history-making events as the 1982 invasion of Lebanon by Israel, the Sabra and Shatila massacre, the 1983 Marine-barracks bombing in Beirut and the beginning of the first Palestinian Intifada (1987).
Friedman's perspective seems to this marginally-informed reader to be fairly balanced. Read it and let me know what you think.
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