{"product_id":"the-accidental-empire-israel-and-the-birth-of-the-settlements-1967-1977-9780805082418","title":"The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Remarkably insightful . . . A groundbreaking revision that deserves to reframe the entire debate . . . It soars.\"--The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental Empire\u003c\/i\u003e, Gershom Gorenberg examines the strange birth of the settler movement in the ten years following the Six-Day War and finds that it was as much the child of Labor Party socialism as of religious extremism. The giants of Israeli history--Dayan, Meir, Eshkol, Allon--all played major roles in this drama, as did more contemporary figures like Sharon, Rabin, and Peres. Gorenberg also shows how three American presidents turned a blind eye to what was happening in the territories, and reveals their strategic reasons for doing so. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on newly opened archives and extensive interviews, Gorenberg calls into question much of what we think we know about this issue that continues to haunt the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGershom Gorenberg\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of \u003ci\u003eShalom, Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin\u003c\/i\u003e. The Jerusalem correspondent for the \u003ci\u003eForward\u003c\/i\u003e, he has also written for \u003ci\u003eThe Jerusalem Report\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe American Prospect\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martins Press-3PL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50707499483410,"sku":"9780805082418","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_022a51f2-f65b-42ac-a0c8-c59ee1962b64.jpg?v=1734496503","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-accidental-empire-israel-and-the-birth-of-the-settlements-1967-1977-9780805082418","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}