The Silent Death of the Israeli Left
The ideals are gone, but kindergartens are full.
April 28, 2020
A great historian who saw through the conventional wisdom.
The Chatham House Version and Other Middle Eastern Studies was one of the great works of the eminent 20th-century historian of the Arab world, Elie Kedourie. To mark the 50th anniversary of its publication, Robert D. Kaplan reflects on its author’s legacy. But first he explains the book’s title:
The ideals are gone, but kindergartens are full.
Remember Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul.
A great historian who saw through the conventional wisdom.
Stumbling into the great ditch.
Marvin Schick, in memoriam.
The Chatham House Version and Other Middle Eastern Studies was one of the great works of the eminent 20th-century historian of the Arab world, Elie Kedourie. To mark the 50th anniversary of its publication, Robert D. Kaplan reflects on its author’s legacy. But first he explains the book’s title:
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