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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting to find out that Russia has already come close to directly attacking Israel before. Iran will not back down. I expect Israel will have to go it alone and bomb them. No one comes to their aid so we either won't, or are out of commission. Would rearrrange status quo of ME and put Israel an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13793306">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The author provides some thoughtful and rather frightening proposals about future events in the Middle East. Even if the reader does not believe in the Bible (one context which the author heavily relies on, but certainly not the only context for his research), I think his arguments are compelling an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19323973">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the book that Rosenberg wrote to explain how he came to write his novels.  In light of documented current events in the Middle East, this book offers a great deal of insight and hope from the Bible--as it raises awareness of what I, as an insulated American, can often ignore half a world awa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41720704">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[With over one million novels in print, <em>New York Times</em> best-selling author Joel C. Rosenberg has been called &quot;eerily prophetic&quot; and a &quot;modern Nostradamus&quot; for his uncanny ability to write political thrillers that come true. In his first <em>nonfiction</em> book, this evangelical Christian from an Orthodox Jewish heritage takes readers on an unforgettable journey through prophecy and current events into the future of Iraq after Saddam, Russia after Communism, Israel after Arafat, and Christianity after radical Islam. You won't want to miss Joel's exclusive interviews with Israeli, Palestinian, and Russian leaders, and previously classified CIA and White House documents. Similar to the approach Joel takes in his novels, his desire is to draw readers into stories, anecdotes, and predictions in a way that builds confidence that allows Joel to share his faith in Jesus Christ and the reliability of Scripture as a guide to understanding the past and the future. Drawing on his experience in Washington, his own exclusive interviews with world leaders, and his astute political acumen, Joel makes sense of the events surrounding the Middle East. He connects information in a way that will make you understand and really care about the world's most important events and how they impact your life--from gas prices to your bank account.<em>Epicenter</em> is about: Change--big changes, dramatic changes, changes that will transform the world as we know it. Answers--what the changes are underway in the world's most important countries. Insight--readers will understand the trajectory of world events by being taken inside the governments of Iran, Iraq, Russia, China, and more. Accessibility--aimed for a wide audience in both the general and Christian markets. Faith--Joel shares his faith in Jesus Christ and the reliability of Scripture. <em>Epicenter</em> will answer questions like: Will Iraq go from bad to worse? Will Israel and her Arab neighbors find peace, or is another major Middle East war just around the corner? If the new, post-Soviet Russia is our friend, why is the Kremlin creating a new class of thermonuclear weapons and building an alliance with radical Islam?]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Rosenberg's evaluation of events in the Middle East, and how it will affect our future, from a Biblical perspective. If you read any of Hal Lindsay's books in the '80s, this will sound familiar.]]></body>
    
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