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Title: Must-read on early 20th century Middle East history
Review: Koestler, a leading intellectual in the middle of the last century, turns his famously skeptical and unbiased eye on the 30 years that preceded the founding of the State of Israel. Based on copious research, personal experience, and clear thinking, his analysis reveals how the situation that exists today in the Middle East reflects the factors that shaped developments almost a century ago, beginning with the Balfour Declaration. This document legitimized Zionist aspirations, and its later abrogation was a key factor in the turn from peaceful colonization to violent confrontation that persists to the present.
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