Academia and Peace: Thoughts and Struggles (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

This autobiography tells the story of a realist and a dreamer as well as that of the tormented Middle East following World War 2. The suffering of the Jewish people made the author a Zionist who fought in the Israeli War of Independence, while the tragedy of the Palestinian people (the Nakba) made him sensitive to their sufferings. This book tells the story of the author's relentless efforts to asvance both peace and science in the Middle East through Arab-Israeli scientific collaborations. The reader with learn about many unique efforts by the author to achieve Arab-Israeli cooperation and will share the author's hopes as well as disappointments; and through the book will learn important aspects of the history of the Middle East in the second half of the twentieth century.