/lit/ - Literature

It is so far okay. Not something I would particularly recommend, but if you're interested in the topic then go ahead with this book.

Heard about this when it came out but haven't read it aside from flipping through in a book store. It pissed off both Arab and Isreali hardliners by debunking the contradictory myths both of them have about claiming the holy city. It starts with prehistory and works its way forward so only the last few chapters deal directly with the current conflict. However, it could be useful as background reading for other works.

I've heard alot of good things about pic related and he seems to have pissed both sides off with avoiding their respective biases. Its scope is limited to the city of Jerusalem and its chronology goes waaaaay back before 1947 but it provides a more focused and long term perspective not found in other books on this topic.