Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-05-07
Books mentioned on Watching the Protests From Israel
Ezra Klein discussed My Promised Land by Ari Shavit. Ari Shavit recommended Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch and Truman by David McCullough.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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My Promised Land
My Promised Land by Ari Shavit is a political and historical non-fiction book that explores the complex origins, triumphs, and internal contradictions of the Zionist project and the history of Israel.
Discussed“when I think about Israel I always think about this book written in 2013 By Ari chevit who's a longtime political reporter there called my promised land”
Where to get it
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Parting the Waters
Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch is a monumental Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the American civil rights movement, focusing on Martin Luther King Jr.
Recommended“the second book that I really um have been reading in the year before uh October 7th when we all had all this internal struggle in Israel was tayor branches parting the waters about Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement”
Where to get it
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Truman
Truman by David McCullough is a comprehensive and celebrated biographical account of the thirty-third president of the United States, Harry S.
Recommended“and my third one is Truman Truman is so dear to my heart because first of all he was like the unlikely hero the surprising hero”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged My Promised Land
“so if if I may I'll tell you now when I wrote my Promised Land the chapter I loved writing most was the chapter about the 1950s”