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Issue: 346

October 15, 2009

Guest Commentary

The Plight of the Right of Return

By Nadia Hijab Guest Commentator

The whirlwind of summiteering on climate change, non-proliferation, the economy, and Iran swept the Arab-Israeli conflict off the news – but not before Barack Obama had spoken of a “just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.” That startling turn of phrase – used just before his trilateral w ith Mahmoud Abbas and Benjamin…

The whirlwind of summiteering on climate change, non-proliferation, the economy, and Iran swept the Arab-Israeli conflict off the news - but not before Barack Obama had…

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Commentary

Both Forgotten and Misread – Part 2: Robert Taber’s The War of the Flea

By Daniel N. White Guest Commentator

Taber, in his War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare, shows himself a first-rate analyst of political situations, both past historical ones and (then current) ones. Back when Flea was written, the United States, and other countries, Mao’s China foremost, were infatuated with the notion of guerilla wars and wars of national…

Taber, in his War of the Flea: The Classic Study of Guerrilla Warfare, shows himself a first-rate analyst of political situations, both past historical ones and…

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