Book: Paperback | 5.55 x 8.46in | 608 pages | ISBN 9780142002292 | 31 Dec 2001 | Penguin | 18 - AND UP years
The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature of animal vengeance and cruel desires. In this monumental work, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism.
Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins in schools; he discusses the far-ranging effects of socioeconomic differences, historical conflicts between Islam and Judaism, attitudes about the Holocaust, and much more. And he writes of the people: the Arab woman in love with a Jew, the retired Israeli military officer, the Palestinian guerilla, the handsome actor whose father is Arab and whose mother is Jewish.
Arab and Jew - David K. Shipler
Foreword to the Revised Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Introduction
Part One: Aversion
1. War: Earth of Brass
2. Nationalisms: Paradise Lost
3. Terrorism: The Banality of Evil
4. Religious Absolutism: Isaac and Ishmael
Part Two: Images
5. The Violent, Craven Arab
6. The Violent, Craven Jew
7. The Primitive, Exotic Arab
8. The Alien, Superior Jew
9. Segregation and Class
10. Sexual Fears and Fantasies
11. Mirrors of Semitism
12. The Holocaust
Part Three: Interaction
13. A Mingling of Cultures
14. Fire in the Desert
15. Secret Police in an Open Society
16. Arab Citizens of the Jewish State
17. The Sin of Love
18. The Dream
Epilogue: Twilight War, Twilight Peace
Notes
Index
"The best and most comprehensive work there is in the English language on this subject." Walter Laqueur, The New York Times
"A rich, penetrating, and moving portrayal of Arab-Jewish hostility, told in human terms." Newsday
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-fiction
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