Book reviews
Major book reviews
"
The Iron Illusions of Rashid Khalidi",
New York Sun, December 14, 2006 (review of Rashid Khalidi,
The Iron Cage: the Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood).
Review of Charles Tripp A History of Iraq - reviewed in
Reviews in History.
"New Historians, New Denial",
Times Literary Supplement, 5 May 2000, p. 27 (review of Benny Morris,
Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict 1881-1999 & Avi Shlaim,
The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World since 1948).
"An Incomplete Success",
New York Times Book Review, 29 January 1995, p. 11 (review of M. Gordon and B. Trainor,
The Generals' War).
"Ordeal in Kurdistan",
Times Literary Supplement, 27 August 1993, p. 23 (review of M.M. Gunter,
The Kurds of Iraq: Tragedy and Hope; Middle East Watch,
The Anfal Campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan: The Destruction of Koreme; S. Francis, with Andrew Crofts,
Nowhere to Hide: A Mother's Ordeal in the Killing Fields of Kurdistan).
Other book reviews
These are some of the most recent book reviews done by Efraim Karsh - those from 1987-2003 are in the pdf attached here.
"The Fight Over 1948", in New York Sun, May 01, 2008 (review of Benny Morris, 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War)
"The Weight of the World on Israel",
New York Sun, October 18, 2006 (review of David Mamet,
The Wicked Son).
"The Perfect Surrender",
New York Sun, September 25, 2006 (review of Karen Armstrong,
Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time).
"Holding Islam Accountable",
New York Sun, June 29, 2006 (review of Fouad Ajami,
The Foreigner’s Gift).
"
Baghdad Bob",
Commentary, February 2006, pp. 63-66 (review of Robert Fisk,
The Great War for Civilization).
"
Pure Pappe",
Middle East Quarterly, Winter 2006, pp. 82-83 (review of Ilan Pappe,
A History of Modern Palestine).