2010, ISBN: 1416544402

Gebundene Ausgabe, Erstausgabe

[EAN: 9781416544401], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Scribner, New York], MIDDLE EAST WORLD HISTORY 1967 SIX DAY WAR ISRAEL EGYPT ARABS PRO-ARAB PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR MEMOIR … Mehr…

[EAN: 9781416544401], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Scribner, New York], MIDDLE EAST WORLD HISTORY 1967 SIX DAY WAR ISRAEL EGYPT ARABS PRO-ARAB PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR MEMOIR AUTOBIOGRAPHY SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED NASSER INSCRIBED TO PALESTINIAN BLACK SEPTEMBER TERRORIST LEADER COMMANDER ABU DAOUD ARCHITECT PLANNER OF THE 1972 MUNICH OLYMPICS MASSACRE UNARMED ISRAELI ATHLETES, Jacket, A very early copy dated May 5, 2010, signed "Kai Bird" and inscribed "To Abu Daoud-- a lover of history!" (Author signature matches another in our possession.) Mohammad Daoud Oudeh, 1937-2010, commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Daoud, a commander of armed units of Fatah in Lebanon and Jordan, was a Palestinian terrorist best known as the planner and director of the Munich Olympics massacre, carried out on his specific instructions (he briefed the assassination squad over dinner at a restaurant at the Munich railway station the night before) in July of 1972. (Left-leaning Wikipedia reports the Arab murderers "killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team," later adding as an afterthought "West German police ambushed the terrorists, and killed five of the eight Black September members, but the rescue attempt failed and all of the hostages were killed." Sorry, that's 11 murders on the heads of the Arabs, no two. Germany later of course released the three surviving murderers -- as their only crime had been to exterminate untermenschen -- so they could received heroes' welcomes in Libya. On Sept. 8, Israeli planes bombed 10 PLO bases in Syria and Lebanon in response to the massacre, killing a reported 200.) Daoud -- author of "Memoirs of a Palestinian Terrorist," also known as "Palestine -- A History of the Resistance Movement, by the Sole Survivor of Black September" -- died of kidney failure at Al-Andalus Hospital, Damascus, on July 3, 2010. We have no further evidence that the author signed this copy to THAT Abu Daoud -- the million-book Washington-area seller from which we acquired this copy could offer no provenance -- but Bird is sympathetic to the Palestinian terrorists, THAT Abu Daoud was still alive (though presumably ailing) on the date this copy was signed, and Bird would certainly have known the significance of the name. This is Bird's pro-Arab memoir of growing up the son of an American diplomat in the Middle East, who in turn became a friend of the bin Ladens. (Of the Egyptian actions and announcements that led to the Six-Day War, Mr. Bird reports, "Whatever the legal merits of the issue, in practice the closing of the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping was no cause for a rush to war." When Nasser gave a speech in which he declared a state of war existed and said "The battle will be a general one and our basic objective will be to destroy Israel," the author explains that meant "Nasser was clearly looking for a way out" (!) Number line complete 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. As author Bird (a regular contributor to The Washington Post, who won a Pulitzer Prize for "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer") at last report lived in Kathmandu, further signed copies seem unlikely to emerge in great numbers. Not price-clipped. 425 pp. including index. Reduced from $280., Books<

2010, ISBN: 1416544402

Gebundene Ausgabe

[EAN: 9781416544401], Used, very good, [PU: Scribner], Jacket, PULITZER PRIZE WINNER KAI BIRD%u2019S fascinating memoir of his early years spent in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, an… Mehr…

[EAN: 9781416544401], Used, very good, [PU: Scribner], Jacket, PULITZER PRIZE WINNER KAI BIRD%u2019S fascinating memoir of his early years spent in Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon provides an original and illuminating perspective into the Arab-Israeli conflict. Weeks before the Suez War of 1956, four-year-old Kai Bird, son of a garrulous, charming American Foreign Service officer, moved to Jerusalem with his family. They settled in a small house, where young Kai could hear church bells and the Muslim call to prayer and watch as donkeys and camels competed with cars for space on the narrow streets. Each day on his way to school, Kai was driven through Mandelbaum Gate, where armed soldiers guarded the line separating Israeli-controlled West Jerusalem from Arab-controlled East. He had a front-seat view to both sides of a divided city%u2014and the roots of the widening conflict between Arabs and Israelis. Bird would spend much of his life crossing such lines%u2014as a child in Jerusalem, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, and later, as a young man in Lebanon. Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is his compelling personal history of growing up an American in the midst of three major wars and three turbulent decades in the Middle East. The Zelig-like Bird brings readers into such conflicts as the Suez War, the Six Day War of 1967, and the Black September hijackings in 1970 that triggered the Jordanian civil war. Bird vividly portrays such emblematic figures as the erudite George Antonius, author of The Arab Awakening; Jordan%u2019s King Hussein; the Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled; Salem bin Laden, Osama%u2019s older brother and a family friend; Saudi King Faisal; President Nasser of Egypt; and Hillel Kook, the forgotten rescuer of more than 100,000 Jews during World War II. Bird, his parents sympathetic to Palestinian self-determination and his wife the daughter of two Holocaust survivors, has written a masterful and highly accessible book%u2014at once a vivid chronicle of a life spent between cultures as well as a consummate history of a region in turmoil. It is an indispensable addition to the literature on the modern Middle East. Boards are moderately bowed, but not severely. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item., Books<

1978, ISBN: 9781416544401

Gebundene Ausgabe

New York, NY: Scribner. NF. 2010. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket. . 9.30 X 6.60 X 1.40 inches. 448 pages. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Signed by … Mehr…

New York, NY: Scribner. NF. 2010. Hardcover. Hardback in Near Fine condition with Near Fine dust jacket. . 9.30 X 6.60 X 1.40 inches. 448 pages. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Signed by author on title page. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * ., Scribner, 2010, 4<

2010, ISBN: 1416544402

[EAN: 9781416544401], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Scribner], crisp clean w/light shelfwear/edgewear - may have remainder mark Standard-sized., Books

2010, ISBN: 9781416544401

Simon and Schuster, 2010. First. Hardback, Dustjacket. Like New, slight wear to cover., Simon and Schuster, 2010, 5