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The Longest War: Israel in Lebanon, by Jacobo Timerman

- Abstract

The Longest War is Jacobo Timerman’s response, in the form’ of a journal, to the Israeli incursion into Lebanon between June and August of 1982. A highly impressionistic document, Timerman’s journal, which loosely follows the chronology of the war, includ



About the Author

Ruth R. Wisse is the Martin Peretz professor of Yiddish and professor of comparative literature at Harvard. She is the author most recently of Jews and Power (Nextbook/Schocken).