Episode · EconTalk · 2023-12-18
Books mentioned on An Extraordinary Introduction to the Birth of Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (with Haviv Rettig Gur)
Israeli journalist Haviv Rettig Gur takes us on a deep dive into the origins of Israel--how European Jew-hatred gave birth to Zionism and the founding of the Jewish state in 1948.
Russ Roberts recommended The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit︠s︡yn and Gulag by Anne Applebaum, and discussed Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi. Haviv Rettig Gur discussed The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a monumental historical exposé documenting the brutal realities of the Soviet forced labor camp system through personal testimony and archival research.
Recommended“I recommend that all my listeners read the goog archipelago by Sol niten or the goog by Ann applebomb one dramatically larger than the longer than the other but the Sol book is has been Abridged I don't like abridgments but the GL archipelago is three volumes and it but it I think it's very much worth reading”
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Gulag
Anne Applebaum's Gulag provides a comprehensive historical examination of the Soviet forced labor camp system, detailing its origins, administration, and the devastating impact on millions of prisoners.
Recommended“I recommend that all my listeners read the goog archipelago by Sol niten or the goog by Ann applebomb one dramatically larger than the longer than the other”
Where to get it
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Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi is a personal and intellectual exploration of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict presented through a series of letters addressed to an anonymous neighbor.
Discussed“Brilliant I think book and passion an impassion an empathetic book Letters to my Palestinian neighbor makes the point that each side's going to have to give to part of their narrative”
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The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon's influential work explores the psychology of colonization and the mechanics of liberation.
Discussed“they were all forced to read France fenon who was this do who worked with the fln and wrote this book called The Wretched of the earth which had a profound effect on the global left”
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