The Hidden Hand by Daniel Pipes

Broken Covenant, by Moshe Arens

By now, the fact that George Bush came into office determined to cut Israel down to size, both figuratively and literally, is reasonably well-known.

Summing Up, by Yitzhak Shamir

Toward the close of the 1991 Madrid peace conference, the Syrian Foreign Minister, Farouk al-Sharaa, startled his fellow delegates by supplementing his denunciation of Israel's Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir, with an illustration. “Let me show you,” he said, “an old picture of Shamir when he was thirty-two.”

Arabia, the Gulf, and the West, by J.B. Kelly

The recent outbreak of fighting between Iran and Iraq, and the manifest inability of the United States to influence events in that region, have led nearly everyone who thinks about these matters to conclude that American policy in the Persian Gulf is gravely deficient.

The Rabin Memoirs, by Yitzhak Rabin

Because its defense is of such crucial importance to the state of Israel, a Defense Minister wields an enormous amount of power in that country, more than any other member of the cabinet apart from the Prime Minister.

The Spanish Revolution, by Burnett Bolloten

The Spanish Civil War engaged the passions of an entire generation of European and American anti-fascists.

Exile and Return, by Martin Gilbert

In a recent article on the fate of the British empire, Sir William Haley, the former editor of the (London) Times, paid tribute to "the understanding, the charity, and the magnanimity" shown by the British to their colonial charges.

The First Duce, by Michael Ledeen

The period in European history between the two world wars has often been called the fascist epoch, yet even today the nature of fascism remains problematic.

Why Breira?

Ever since the end of the Yom Kippur War in October 1973, pressure has mounted around the world for a final settlement of the Middle East conflict; scenarios and counter scenarios have been proposed, the merits of step-by-step diplomacy have been weighed against the merits of an overall settlement achieved at once and among each of the parties, and in this country an agonizing debate has gone on over the proper role of the United States with regard to the contending sides, and especially with regard to Israel.

A History of Israel, by Howard M. Sachar

Howard Sachar's monumental study, which deals with the history of Zionism, the rise of Arab nationalism, British diplomacy in the Middle East, and the military, political, social, and cultural vicissitudes of the state of Israel from 1948 to the present, is an extraordinary work, a triumph of comprehensive scholarship which is also a delight to read.

Adolf Hitler, by John Toland

The disparity between Adolf Hitler's enormous power and influence, on the one hand, and the repellent character of his life, on the other, poses a peculiarly difficult problem for the biographer.

Diplomacy for a Crowded World, by George W. Ball

George Ball, who was Undersecretary of State under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and is currently a partner in Lehman Brothers, brings what might be called a liberal businessman's perspective to the problems of foreign affairs.

Israel Divided, by Rael Isaac

In her fine study of some of Israel's lesser-known political movements, Rael Isaac sheds much light on the singular character of Israeli politics.

The Last European War, by John Lukacs

John Lukacs has here attempted a diplomatic and psychological history of Europe during the first two years of World War II.

The Road to Ramadan, by Mohamed Heikal; The War of Atonement, by Chaim Herzog

In both these remarkably similar accounts of the events leading up to the October 1973 Arab-Israeli war, fact and fiction are hopelessly entangled.

The Israeli Army, by Edward Luttwak and Dan Horowitz

One of the most widely held myths about the Arab-Israeli conflict has it that the Israeli army owes its superiority to its technological expertise which, in turn, is a function of Israel's Western orientation.