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Struggle for the Holy Land: Arabs, Jews and the Emergence of Israel
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Struggle for the Holy Land: Arabs, Jews and the Emergence of Israel, by William Hare. Lanham, MD and London: Madison Books, 1995. viii + 464 pages. Notes to p. 479. Bibl. to p. 484. Index to p. 497. $29.95 Reviewed by Kenneth Cragg
Described in the blurb on the book jacket as "a sweeping, historical saga of the Middle East," Struggle for the Holy Land presents an interesting perspective on the story of the rise of modern political Zionism but indulges in excessive romantic sentimentality, descending at times to tedious journalese. It is an over-inflated account that could have been handled with more rigorous discipline.
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