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Title: I was expecting something more academic & less anecdotal
Review: The author makes good points and appears to know of which he speaks. He is unbiased and concludes largely that the difference between the jews and palestinians is (largely) a factor of ... P.R. I was, however, expecting a more academic approach to the issue instead of the author's own personal observations and reflections on history. The text read as if you were talking to the author ... which leads me to my next point ...I have a background in editing and proof reading and was really, really, (really) distracted by the author's writing style. He never met a hyphen, elipses, or parenthetical that he didn't like. I would give him more stars if the publisher provided a refund for the time I lost due to the (extreme) overuse of punctuation.(Sorry ... but I could not find a place in my review for a ... hyphen).
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