Martin Kramer Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Historian @TelAvivUni & Walter P. Stern fellow @WashInstitute. Past 1st president @ShalemCollege J’lem. History & politics of Middle East & Israel.
Nationalism
Elie KedourieMartin KramerElie Kedourie: “Almost any strand of Asian (and African) nationalism, considered as a program of action or a scheme of thought, suffers from artificiality, from being a laborious attempt to introduce outlandish standards and alien categories.”
Paperback, 1993
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Hitler: The Pathology of Evil
George VictorMartin KramerIsaiah Berlin: “Stalin is a more fascinating figure than Nicholas II; Hitler more arresting than the Kaiser; Mussolini than Victor Emmanuel; and, memorable as they were, Wilson and Lloyd George yield in the attribute of sheer historical magnitude to Roosevelt and Churchill.”
Paperback, 2000
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The Muslim Discovery of Europe
Bernard W. LewisMartin Kramer“The Muslim Discovery of Europe” by Bernard Lewis, in Indonesian and Turkish translations. Lewis believed that of all his books, this one would best stand the test of time. https://t.co/9ps3kRCKCh
Paperback, 2001
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The Middle East
Bernard LewisMartin KramerBernard Lewis: “The greatest service the Middle East rendered to the West was the provision of base and support facilities for the war against the Axis. And in return, the greatest service of the West to the Middle East was in saving it from the direct experience of Axis rule.”
Paperback, 1997
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Reading Revolutionary Iran: The Worldview of the Islamic Republic's Religio-Political Elite
Ze'ev MaghenMartin KramerCongratulations to my friend Ze’ev Maghen on publication of his new book, Reading Revolutionary Iran. https://t.co/i2EZmtaKZi https://t.co/5J5EaVIQDe
Hardcover, 2023
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Ghetto
Israel ZangwillMartin KramerIsrael Zangwill: “In this homeless home of the Ghetto dwelt the race that supplied Christendom and Islam with their religions, European art with its subjects, Western oratory with its phrases and images, socialism with its ideas and America with its Puritan foundations.”
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Impossible Takes Longer: 75 Years After Its Creation, Has Israel Fulfilled Its Founders' Dreams?
Daniel GordisMartin KramerCongratulations to my ever-prolific friend @DanielGordis on his new book, ‘The Impossible Takes Longer’ https://t.co/lcPQWaAGgu
Paperback, 2024
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Orientalism
Edward W. SaidMartin Kramer@ZacharyBraiterm That was accurate, I suppose. Inside, it was different. He didn’t portray naked snake charmers or harem denizens, so Edward Said didn’t use his work for the cover of ‘Orientalism’. https://t.co/7P5gsLIshm
Paperback, 1979
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Works: . Poems...
George EliotMartin KramerGeorge Orwell: “Without even getting up from this table to consult a book I can think of passages which if written now would be stigmatized as antisemitism, in the works of Shakespeare, Smollett, Thackeray, Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, T. S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley and others.”
Paperback, 2012
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Semites and Anti-Semites: An Inquiry Into Conflict and Prejudice
Bernard W. LewisMartin KramerIn 1986, Bernard Lewis published an unexpected book. Entitled “Semites and Anti-Semites,” it combined a careful typology of Jew-hatred, and a sobering account of how antisemitism had spread through the Arab world. https://t.co/ioJjTNpeFV
Paperback, Large Print, 2009
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