Edward W. Said was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Society of Literature and of Kings College Cambridge, his celebrated works include Orientalism, The End of the Peace Process, Power, Politics and Culture, and the memoir Out of Place. He is also the editor, with Christopher Hitchens, of Blaming the Victims, published by Verso. He died in September 2003.
"A devastating collection of charges aimed at Israeli and American policies that affect the Palestinian Arabs negatively."
--Library Journal
"Brilliant and Unscrupulous."
--Observer
"A major, timely and devastating analysis of one of the great tragedies."
--Fred Halliday, Tribune
"Formidable."
--The Jewish Quarterly
"One of the definitive works on the Israeli Palestinian conflict."
--Amy Goodman
"A devastating collection of charges aimed at Israeli and American policies that affect the Palestinian Arabs negatively."
--Library Journal
"Brilliant and Unscrupulous."
--Observer
"A major, timely and devastating analysis of one of the great tragedies."
--Fred Halliday, Tribune
"Formidable."
--The Jewish Quarterly
"One of the definitive works on the Israeli Palestinian conflict."
--Amy Goodman