Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11
by Thomas L. Friedman
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Author: Thomas L. FriedmanEdition: Hardcover
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Published: 2002-09-11
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Book Review: Worth reading, but not the whole answer.
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is an informative look at current middle east Arab thought from a somewhat unconventional pro-Israel viewpoint, which deserves to be read, but should be supplemented. Friedman is a thoughtful and creative thinker as evidenced by his book The World is Flat. In Longitudes he reprints his newspaper columns from around 9-11 to the time the US invaded Iraq, which at times is repetitive, but gives a good account of his thought development at the time. His main thesis is that Arab anger toward the US stems from bad leaders, bad governments, and not primarily from Israel. His line of reasoning therefore encouraged the nation building policies that led our country into the Iraq debacle. He sees the Palestinian issue as a poor excuse for violence, and 9-11. He blames Arafat for the breakdown in peace talks, though the offer he was given was not at all fair. He implies that Arafat did not work toward peace which is in line with neo conservative thinking. Though he has been criticized by neo conservatives for calling for an end the West Bank settlements, his views still fail to take into consideration the level of importance of the Palestinian issue to Arabs and the gross injustice the Palestinian peoples have through the years have endured at the hands of the Israelis, and their primary benefactor and arms supplier the US. His view doesn't adequately explain the cheering Palestinians on 9-11. He thinks that all the Arabs need to do is form democratic governments, recognize Israel. But Israel continues its repressive policies toward Palestinians. The solution to the Palestinian problem is going to require more than democracy. Note that Israel bombed the civilian population democratic country of Lebanon with cluster bombs in 2006 with full US support. Read this book, but also read The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy by Mearsheimer and Walt which outlines the degree to which the Israel lobby and US neo conservative policy has supported Israel's aggression. Then you will understand the problem.
Summary of Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11
America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th--before, during and afterAs the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a week, Friedman's celebrated commentary provides the most trenchant, pithy,and illuminating perspective in journalism.
Longitudes and Attitudes contains the columns Friedman has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his experiences and reactions during this period of crisis. As the author writes, the book is "not meant to be a comprehensive study of September 11 and all the factors that went into it. Rather, my hope is that it will constitute a 'word album' that captures and preserves the raw, unpolished, emotional and analytical responses that illustrate how I, and others, felt as we tried to grapple with September and its aftermath, as they were unfolding."
Readers have repeatedly said that Friedman has expressed the essence of their own feelings, helping them not only by explaining who "they" are, but also by reassuring us about who "we" are. More than any other journalist writing, Friedman gives voice to America's awakening sense of its role in a changed world.
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