Episode · EconTalk · 2024-12-16
Books mentioned on Is This War With Lebanon Different? (with Matti Friedman)
Is Israel's war with Lebanon going to end differently from past attempts to secure Israel's northern border?
Russ Roberts recommended Pumpkinflowers by Matti Friedman.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Pumpkinflowers
Matti Friedman's Pumpkinflowers is a poignant memoir and historical account detailing the author's experiences as a young Israeli soldier stationed in the security zone of southern Lebanon during the late 1990s.
Recommended“I want to start by talking about your book pumpkin flowers A Soldier Story which was published in 2016 uh it's now out in audio it's an amazing book it's a heartbreaking portrait of what it's like to be a soldier the fear the pain the boredom the waste the opportunity it's all in there and it's a very short”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Wag the Dog
“the movie Wag the Dog if you if you remember which has some really interesting points about the Gulf War and the the dawn of uh of video as a weapon of War”
Plugged Pumpkinflowers
“I recently had a had an opportunity to rethink all of this both my military service and my return to Lebanon because I as as you mentioned at the beginning of the podcast there's a new audio book of this out which I which I read a month or two ago so I actually sat with the book for the”
Passing Pumpkinflowers
“and uh and a lot of it's in pumpkin flowers”
Passing Pumpkinflowers
“his book is pumpkin flowers”