Derek
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Lawrence Wright:
What is your recommended reading to learn more about the extemely complex history leading up to the Isreal/Palestine war? I also thought of your work when I walked by the Scientology building located on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Lawrence Wright
thanks, Derek. I read a ton of books about the history of the Middle East while I was writing my account of the 1978 Carter-Begin-Sadat summit that led to the first and most durable peace in the Mideast, 'Thirteen Days in September." Many histories and memoirs came from that. Benny Morris wrote a great book A not so obvious choice is Yehuda Avner's charming "The Prime Ministers." Mohammed Heikel's "Autumn of Fury" is a devastating account from the Egyptian side. Many many more!
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John Dimoia
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Lawrence Wright:
Given this book and its eerie correspondence to what is going on with COVID-19, did you do any background research with actual public health / MPH / epidemiologist researchers? Particularly the Indonesia sections read very realistically, and I used to live in SG, so was wondering what kind of background work went into this. Thanks!
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Dec 09, 2023 11:20AM · flag