Episode · The Rubin Report · 2026-05-29
Books mentioned on What the Arab World Knew All Along & How Israel Lost the Information War | Einat Wilf
Dave Rubin discussed The War of Return by Adi Schwartz and others and Wartime Writings by Einat Wilf. Einat Wilf discussed Embracing Defeat by John W. Dower.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The War of Return
The War of Return is an analytical book by Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf that investigates the Palestinian right of return and argues that Western indulgence of this dream has historically obstructed the path toward lasting peace in the Middle East.
Discussed“Uh, you're author of two books. The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace.”
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Wartime Writings
Discussed“Uh, and then this new book, which came out after October 7th, obviously, wartime writings, making sense of October 7th and its aftermath.”
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Embracing Defeat
Discussed“I've been uh referring a lot to a book that's the ultimate irony for them, of course, that the amount of money that would be poured in there if they could just accept it. Exactly. The there's a book that I use about Japan post World War II called embracing defeat and it talks about, you know, in personal as”
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