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Daniel Byman
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Description for High Price
Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 21 b/w halftone; 2 b/w line. BIC Classification: 1FBH; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 592.
The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups. Beginning with the violent border disputes that emerged after Israel's founding in 1948, Daniel Byman charts the rise of Yasir Arafat's Fatah and leftist groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--organizations that ushered in the era of international terrorism epitomized by the 1972 hostage-taking at the Munich Olympics. Byman reveals how Israel fought these groups and others, such as Hamas, in the decades that follow, with particular attention ... Read more
The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups. Beginning with the violent border disputes that emerged after Israel's founding in 1948, Daniel Byman charts the rise of Yasir Arafat's Fatah and leftist groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--organizations that ushered in the era of international terrorism epitomized by the 1972 hostage-taking at the Munich Olympics. Byman reveals how Israel fought these groups and others, such as Hamas, in the decades that follow, with particular attention ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199931781
SKU
V9780199931781
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About Daniel Byman
Daniel Byman is Professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution. He has served on the 9/11 Commission staff and as an analyst with the U.S. government.
Reviews for High Price
"A great introduction to Israeli counterterrorism."
Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign Policy "Meticulously researched...a fascinating account of Israel's techniques for recruiting informants in hostile territory and its evolving efforts to make its interrogation practices conform to the strictures of international law."
Wall Street Journal "An admirably even-handed book."
The Economist "A definitive work on Israel's war against Palestinian terrorism. Packed with statistics and excellent ... Read more
Thomas E. Ricks, Foreign Policy "Meticulously researched...a fascinating account of Israel's techniques for recruiting informants in hostile territory and its evolving efforts to make its interrogation practices conform to the strictures of international law."
Wall Street Journal "An admirably even-handed book."
The Economist "A definitive work on Israel's war against Palestinian terrorism. Packed with statistics and excellent ... Read more