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War Without End: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Struggle for a Promised Land Hardcover – June 1, 2002

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The struggles of the Israelis and Palestinians - with their terrible histories of disaster and redemption - command the obsessive attention of the world. Statesmen tinker with peace plans for the Middle East and generals worry about future wars there. Religious leaders stoke the violent passions of the devout while pilgrims flock to find God and archaeologists dig to find the origins of His revelations. All this goes on under the watchful eye of an army of reporters, observers, diplomatic envoys, and aid workers.

Between the Mediterranean and the Jordan River, dreams and ideals collide with the reality of violent nationalist struggle, and God's name is invoked in defense of the jealousies of men. With the experienced journalist's eye for irony, anecdote, and telling detail, Anton La Guardia offers an intimate look into the Israelis as they come to terms with the "post-Zionist" demolition of national myths, and the Palestinians as they try to build their own state. A classic in the making, War Without End is the definitive book on Israel and her people.
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  1. Print length
    432 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Thomas Dunne Books
  4. Publication date
    June 1, 2002
  5. Dimensions
    6.24 x 1.45 x 9.64 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0312276699
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0312276690
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In 1905, an Arab journalist and Ottoman official observed that two important phenomena were rising in the corners of the Turkish Empire: the awakening of Arab nationalism and efforts by European immigrants to found a Jewish state in Palestine. "Both of these movements are destined to fight each other continually," he concluded, "until one of them wins." So it has seemed, and the title of British journalist Anton La Guardia's book speaks volumes: for the last century, when the children of the Diaspora began to return in numbers to Palestine, two visions of that "promised land" have battled for supremacy, with no apparent resolution in sight--as witness the daily headlines. La Guardia charts the origins and course of the long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, remarking that much of it owes to all-too-human causes (the humiliation of the Arabs over having been defeated so often and so decisively in five decades of warfare; the mutual hatred of Arafat and Sharon) and offering thoughts from both sides on how peace might be reached, short of the annihilation of one or the other combatant. Those who themselves struggle to comprehend the news from the Middle East will find La Guardia to be a reliable, illuminating guide. --Gregory McNamee

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British journalist Anton La Guardia, diplomatic editor for the Daily Telegraph and for eight years its Middle East correspondent, offers an informed and objective history of the Middle East battles in War Without End: Israelis, Palestinians, and the Struggle for a Promised Land. Tracing the Zionist movement back to its 19th-century roots, as well as the birth of national identity of the Palestinians among whom the Zionists settled, La Guardia offers general readers a balanced background to what many fear may well be a war without end.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition (June 1, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0312276699
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0312276690
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.01 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.24 x 1.45 x 9.64 inches
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Tori D. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars A Balanced history of 19th and 20th century Palestine and Israel and the "Why" of the War without End
Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2016
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Mr La Guardia's treatment of the Israelis and the Palestinians is so balanced, so without bias, that I felt I was finally getting at least some of the truth about this 70+ year conflict. He gives the reader enough of the history, from the 19th century through 2000 that the plights of both peoples become palpable. Although I had purchased and read this excellent book when it was first published in 2002, I felt the need to repurchase it to remind me why the problems have yet to find an acceptable solution. This history is written in such a way that you manage to stay up past bedtime to learn "just a little bit more" before inserting your bookmark until the following evening's Story Hour.
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BruceMom
4.0 out of 5 stars A bit dry
Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2016
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Vamsi Krishna Pappusetti
5.0 out of 5 stars then this is the perfect book for you
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2017
When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there is no doubt that there is much emotion drawn out from both sides. Some people have told me they cannot make up their mind about this issue because of how biased both sides present themselves in the argument. Who it is at more fault when it comes to this conflict, the Jews or the Arabs?

I understand now that Israel is our ally and we should protect it the same way we protect other capitalistic democracies globally, but I also believe that it should not be ignored for its illegal occupation and settlement building, human rights abuses, and ethnic cleansing in 1948. But I also understand now that BOTH SIDES are at fault to some degree when it comes to this conflict. If you are looking for a book to showcase to you the plight of both the Jews and the Arabs, one that will give a complete and unbiased approach to the situation at hand, then this is the perfect book for you.

This book is engaging and immensely resourceful at being an impartial look at the conflict and provide the history as such. Anton La Guardia tells you how both sides are at fault and how they have their positives and negatives. This isn’t reading Noam Chomsky’s stance on the conflict nor isn’t Alan Dershowitz’s. It is essentially a mix of the two to tell an unbiased version of the history of the land and of the people living there and how they interacted with each other.

I have always advocated for a two-state solution and nominating who Trump nominated as the ambassador to Israel is my second LEAST FAVORITE thing he has done so far and I don’t like the embassy being moved to Jerusalem. This book affirms my views and it will help you understand my stance. Highly, highly recommend- 9.3/10.
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Peter Porcupine
2.0 out of 5 stars Blather Without End
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2007
A first-rate informative read on the modern Israeli-Arab conflict should grasp a firm grip on the intricate and coercive history of the heavily-contested Holy Land which is still ongoing today without any prospect of resolve after all these years. La Guardian's "War Without End" falls short of reciting a chronicle of the region which laid the foundation for modern Zionism far before there existed an Al-Aqsa mosque worth killing yourself for. The historical narrative of La Guardia's hack work begins with Theodor Herzl's ungrounded thirst for Ottoman land which shrouds readers from the more than three thousand year presence of the Jewish people in the region fiercely contested for today.

The book opens with Anton's experiences with the Israeli's "uncalled for" anti-terrorism security measures and overall portrayal of the authorities as rude and coarse. We then move on to eight protracted chapters that lack coherency, profoundness, or organization for such a tortuous subject. Most of which focuses on the author's personal experiences stationed in Eastern Jerusalem which obscure a clear direction the story is supposed to head or any correlation to his inconsistent strife to recount, what we assume to be a, sufficient and historically balanced background of the region.

Always quick to lay out the negative and detestable acts of the arduous past of the Jewish peoples' struggle to return to Zion after thousands of years, La Guardia omits the meritable events in Israel's past so that when a reader ultimately finishes the book, they're left with a sense of resentful loathe towards the freshly painted portrait of a nation of kippah-wearing, land hungry, inequitable, adamantly ruthless gun-totting warriors. The payot-draped IDF is in many ways in the author's mind, no different from the sadistic Mongols charging across the open-plains of Asia in a quest for others' land and wealth.

Failing to recount any creditable events in history such as; the 173 Jewish Nobel Prize
winners, eight of which were Israeli, holding the best human rights record in the Middle East, or being at the forefront of biomedical innovation. No, but we are well informed of the modern nation's unfavorable acts such as political assassinations, armed security measures, and involvement in Arab-sparked wars.

It is almost as if the author remains egocentrically content on referring to the Israelis as "circumcised Cossacks". When finished a reader will be convinced Mr. La Guardia truly believes they are along with all of his other disorganized tirades jumbled up into a 500 page tedious diatribe- what chutzpah!

If you're a reader with any question or doubt over whether the modern State of Israel has any right to exist or defend itself, you will likely get your main course and second helpings in "War Without End". There is no place this is more evidently clear then in the Epilogue where Mr La Guardia reveals his "solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian problem with a "structure, perhaps a confederation, encompassing Israel, Palestine, and Jordan." so in essence, his hopes for the future is not a solution for Israel but rather a solution to Israel. Sorry to spoil the ending for you.

Whether you agree or disagree with Mr. La Guardia's inclination on the conflict, the real reason this book should elude a potential reader's bookshelf is the palpable lack of consistency of the eight arid chapters which abstain from chronology or historical background adopting to focus on petty little punitive national security measures or condemnation of sectarian conflicts where the Israelis are usually the aggressors (ie 29' Riots) and mostly neglecting altogether Palestinian terrorism or the strife of the Jewish people not to mention the double standards Israel is held to in the international community. The six year age of the book is beginning to show today; La Guardia focuses at a point on Israel withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. The ending chapters are spent sympathizing with terrorist leaders and leave a very pessimistic taste for the future of the conflict. It would be too easy to dismiss the book as big, boring, and bias but Mr La Guardia does display a great deal of effort in his writing, however this characteristic alone fails to produce an accurate retelling of events which have led to the present situation in the Holy Land but rather bring forth a low-grade, one-sided assessment of the present situation that neither sheds light on solutions nor accentuates the actual underlying causes of the dissension that continues to retrogress today.
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Journeyman7x
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read, if dated.
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2014
I read this book several years ago. Although it needs updated to include the current situation, I still find it a good reference. Author was very unbiased in his description of the Middle East. Would love to Anton update this book.
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Fred
5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificent book!!! A must for everyone interested in the subject
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2005
This is the third booki read on the situation between Israel and Palestine and so far is the best book yet.Mr La Guardia is an excellent historian with great knowledge of the situation in the Middle East.The way he tells the story is captivating and clear.One of the things i like the most was that he explains every detail of the conflict.He explains and describes every group involved, every city or place and the importance of every conflict.For example, he explains names like Hizbollah,Hamas,Mossad and a lot others that you hear a lot in the news.He also explains both sides of the conflict with accuracy using interviews and a lot of historical sources which gives you a very good understanding of the conflict.This is the book for complete understanding of the situation between Israel and Palestine.Fantastic work!!
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