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alexherring27's review against another edition
3.5
Very informative but a slow listen, without much more than just a detailed narration of events
mary_saad's review against another edition
5.0
This was difficult to read for obvious reasons. The epilogue was haunting because it predicted everything that happened last year and ongoing. It’s hard to know a book like this exists and people don’t know the evil Israel, Britain, and the US have caused (also f*ck you King Abdullah).
criticalreader's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
sad
slow-paced
5.0
lucasunshine's review against another edition
5.0
I have rarely read a history book so thorough and unflinching. It’s less of a narrative and more of a meticulous record of the Nakba—a necessary correction to the erasure of this history in Israel, the US, and elsewhere. It is impossible to read this book and not be radicalized, both on the necessity of Palestinian liberation and the importance of anti-colonialism everywhere. Although he was writing in 2007, Pappe speaks prophetically: “the risk of even more devastating conflict and bloodshed has never been so acute.”