Author

Publication

1994 - Pantheon Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

80,250 words, Guess

Page Count

321 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing4077314

Classifications

  • DDC956.04/2
  • LCCDS126.92 .M37 1994

Description

On the evening of September 17, 1948, a car carrying Count Folke Bernadotte, the first United Nations-appointed mediator in the Middle East, traveled up a narrow Jerusalem street. As the car shifted gears for the climb toward the New City, an Israeli Army jeep nosed into the road, forcing Bernadotte's car and the two following him to come to a full stop. From the jeep sprang three uniformed men clutching automatic weapons. In a moment that set the stage for a legacy of violence that has since characterized Arab-Israeli negotiations, Count Bernadotte was shot six times and killed. The assassins were never brought to justice. A Death in Jerusalem reveals the forces behind this assassination, the passions that first dictated the tactics of terrorism in Israel and that continue to shape the thinking and actions of those even now determined to block accommodations with the Palestinians.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryTerrorismTerrorismeDiplomatic historyTerrorism -- Israel.Shamir, Itzhak, 1915-Loḥame ḥerut Yiśraʾel

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Other Editions

  • A death in JerusalemPantheon Books1994-01-01

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