Israel’s New Spymaster and the Crucible of Israeli Politics
Netanyahu is trying to gain control over foreign policy.
January 8, 2016
The rare writer focused on success rather than dysfunction.
Reviewing Wouk’s recent autobiography, Adam Kirsch compares the prolific novelist’s relatively low reputation among critics with that of American Jewish writers like Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, and suggests that the differences might have something to do both with Wouk’s themes and with his life:
Netanyahu is trying to gain control over foreign policy.
In fact, it’s very similar to U.S. legislation.
The rare writer focused on success rather than dysfunction.
Looking to Aristotle for answers.
It may have already played a role in some countries’ orientation toward Israel.
Reviewing Wouk’s recent autobiography, Adam Kirsch compares the prolific novelist’s relatively low reputation among critics with that of American Jewish writers like Saul Bellow and Philip Roth, and suggests that the differences might have something to do both with Wouk’s themes and with his life:
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