Truths and Lies in the Middle East - by Eric Rouleau (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><b>A gripping memoir by one of the twentieth century's most celebrated Middle East journalists</b> <p/>Born in Cairo to an Egyptian Jewish family, Eric Rouleau was one of the most celebrated journalists of his generation, a status he owed to his extraordinary career, which began when the director of <i>Le Monde </i>charged him in the early 1960s with covering the Near and Middle East. Rouleau was a chief witness to the wars of 1967 and 1973 and was to meet all the major players, including Nasser, Levi Ashkol, Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Yasser Arafat, Ariel Sharon, and Anwar Sadat, painting striking portraits of each. More than a memoir, his book presents a history, lived from the inside, of the Israel-Palestine conflict.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>A gripping memoir by one of the twentieth century's most celebrated Middle East journalists</b> <p/> Eric Rouleau was one of the most celebrated journalists of his generation, a status he owed to his extraordinary career, which began when Hubert Beuve-Méry, director of <i>Le Monde, </i>charged him with covering the Near and Middle East. <br> In 1963, Rouleau was invited by Gamal Abd al-Nasser to interview him in Cairo, a move which was not lost on the young Rouleau--going through him, a young Egyptian Jew who had been exiled from Egypt in late 1951, shortly before the Free Officers coup, was a means to renew diplomatic ties with de Gaulle's France. This exclusive interview, which immediately made headlines around the world, propelled Rouleau into the center of the region's conflicts for two decades. <br> Writing between Cairo and Jerusalem, Rouleau was a chief witness to the wars of 1967 and 1973, narrating their events from behind the scenes. He was to meet all the major players, including Nasser, Levi Ashkol, Moshe Dayan, Golda Meir, Yasser Arafat, Ariel Sharon, and Anwar Sadat, painting striking portraits of each. More than a memoir, his book presents a history, lived from the inside, of the Israel-Palestine conflict.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>For years, Eric Rouleau's reporting and commentaries on the Middle East were an incomparable source of information, insight, and understanding. The appearance of the autobiography of this remarkable journalist, diplomat--and human being--is an event that many of those concerned with world affairs have been awaiting with eager anticipation.--Noam Chomsky <p/> Rouleau was in the forefront of journalists who knew and covered the key figures in the rise and fall of Arab nationalism.-- Jonathan Randal, Foreign Correspondent for the <i>New York Times</i> and the <i>Washington Post</i> (1969-1998) <p/> Eric Rouleau's memoirs open up for English-language readers a breadth of experience and vision in Middle East journalism unrivaled in the Anglophone world. . .-- Gareth Smyth, former <i>Financial Times</i> chief correspondent for Iran, <i>Lobe Log</i> <p/> An important resource for understanding the political dynamics and personalities of the time. -- John O. Voll, <i>Middle East Journal </i> <p/> An extraordinary account of an extraordinary life lived out in extraordinary times.--<i>Midwest Book Review </i> <p/> Rouleau alone got the scoop--the story of the dramatic rupture between President Nasser and Field Marshal Amer, his army commander. . . But it wasn't just the scoop . . . it was the knowledge, depth, and authority which he brought to the interpretation of it. I was just a beginner then, and he instantly became my model of what a great journalist, writing for a great newspaper, should be."-- David Hirst, Middle East correspondent, The Guardian (1963-1997)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Eric Rouleau (born Elie Raffoul, 1926-2015) was a journalist and diplomat born in Cairo. After his forced exile from Egypt in 1951, he began writing for Le Monde in 1955, becoming the newspaper's reporter on the Near and Middle East in the early 1960s. In 1985 he was appointed as France's ambassador to Tunisia, and from 1988 to 1992 he was ambassador to Turkey. He published interviews with many iconic Middle Eastern leaders throughout his career, as well as four books. Alain Gresh was born Cairo in 1948. He was editor in chief of <i>Le Monde </i> diplomatique for ten years and is the author of several books on the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Middle East, and Islam. He is the editor of the daily online newspaper <i>OrientXXI.info, </i> which is published in French, Arabic, English, and Farsi.
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