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Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Sara Roy
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Description for Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Paperback. 'Unique.' Edward W. Said Leading Harvard scholar chronicles 20 years of conflict in Gaza. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPWS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 586.
Discussion of Israeli policy toward Palestinians is often regarded as a taboo subject, with the result that few people - especially in the US - understand the origins and consequences of the conflict. This book provides an indispensable context for understanding why the situation remains so intractable. The book focuses on the Gaza Strip, an area that remains consistently neglected and misunderstood despite its political centrality. Drawing on more than two thousand interviews and extensive firsthand experience, Sara Roy chronicles the impact of Israeli occupation in Palestine over nearly a generation. Exploring the ... Read more
Discussion of Israeli policy toward Palestinians is often regarded as a taboo subject, with the result that few people - especially in the US - understand the origins and consequences of the conflict. This book provides an indispensable context for understanding why the situation remains so intractable. The book focuses on the Gaza Strip, an area that remains consistently neglected and misunderstood despite its political centrality. Drawing on more than two thousand interviews and extensive firsthand experience, Sara Roy chronicles the impact of Israeli occupation in Palestine over nearly a generation. Exploring the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745322346
SKU
V9780745322346
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About Sara Roy
Sara Roy is a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. A distinguished political economist, she has written extensively on the Palestinian economy and has documented over the last three decades. She is the author of Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (Pluto, 2006) and The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of ... Read more
Reviews for Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
'I warmly recommend this work of urgent witness by one of the world's foremost experts on the de-development of the Gaza's economy'
Roger Owen, A.J.Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Harvard University 'Unique. Roy is humanely rather than only professionally committed in ways that are unmatched by any other non-Palestinian scholar. No one has reported ... Read more
Roger Owen, A.J.Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Harvard University 'Unique. Roy is humanely rather than only professionally committed in ways that are unmatched by any other non-Palestinian scholar. No one has reported ... Read more