Brokers of Deceit
How the U.S. Has Undermined Peace in the Middle East

The Israeli / Palestinian conflict is always in the newspapers and the US always supports Israel. I figured it couldn't be this black and white. After reading "Lawrence in Arabia" I wanted to read more about the Balfour Declaration and the origins of Israel. After some research, I turned to Rashid K......more

I'm reading books from both sides in a better attempt to understand the tragic conflict. This is an extremely useful breakdown (and the footnotes are great) of how American policy has echoed the hard-line stance of Israel for decades -- refusing to acknowledge the Palestinian people or the need for......more

There is little that we don't know in this book about the Israel-Palestine topic. Khalidi reveals, like many others before him, how the US has contributed to the imposition of Israel's cruel regime on the Palestinians and how closely entwined have US and Israeli policies been. So closely, in fact, t......more

This book went over the Palestinian/Israeli negotiations that occurred during the Reagan, Bush/Clinton, and Obama presidencies. The analysis of the process was informative, but without prior knowledge of the different peace processes and the background of events at those times, it was hard to engage......more

* Disclosure-This was a book won through the Goodreads Giveaway* Although I had read a few books and articles on the subject, my still feeble understanding became less so after reading this one. Well written book with the author presenting many convincing arguments about how the US has been influent......more