Ari Shavit’s book was a good starting point for learning about Israel, but again the book is quite detailed. I did get an overview of the history of Israel. I’ve been leaning towards Zionism from reading Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon thrillers which is probably not the best foundation f...
recounts the story of the treatment of the war-traumatized English poet, Siegfried Sassoon. While an infantry lieutenant in the trenches in France in World War I, he wrote a letter of protest against the war. Coming from an officer, that was most improper, but he ...