{"product_id":"the-gun-and-the-olive-branch-the-roots-of-violence-in-the-middle-east-paperback","title":"The Gun and the Olive Branch: The Roots of Violence in the Middle East - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Hirst\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than a decade before Israel's New Historians revolutionized the study of Israeli history, English journalist David Hirst wrote The Gun and the Olive Branch, a classic, myth-breaking general history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hirst, former Middle East correspondent of the Guardian, traces the origins of the terrible conflict back to the 1880s to show how Arab violence, although often cruel and fanatical, is a response to the challenge of repeated aggression. The Gun and the Olive Branch is an absorbing, potentially controversial, history of the Middle Eastern conflict that is indispensable to anyone with an interest in world politics and by partisans of both sides. This classic and controversial account of the origins of the Middle East conflict returns to print updated with a lengthy introduction that reflects on the course of recent Middle Eastern history -- especially the abortive Israeli-Palestinian peace process and 9\/11.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Hirst\u003c\/b\u003e was for many years the Middle East correspondent of the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e. His seminal book on the Arab-Israeli conflict, \u003ci\u003eThe Gun and the Olive Branch\u003c\/i\u003e, has been in print for thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.67 x 8.24 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978486448429,"sku":"9781560254836","price":27.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/Wm1KN2htSHhsT1Foa2NVU2ZEYmFrUT09.webp?v=1775805435","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-gun-and-the-olive-branch-the-roots-of-violence-in-the-middle-east-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}