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Robert Littell

Robert Littell Bestselling author Robert Littell has been ranked amongst John Le Carre and Graham Greene for his masterful spy fiction. A Newsweek journalist in a previous incarnation, Littell has been writing about the Soviet Union and Russians since his first novel, the espionage classic The Defection of A.J.Lewinter. Among his numerous critically acclaimed novels are The October Circle, Mother Russia, The Debriefing, The Sisters, The Revolutionist, The Once and Future Spy, An Agent in Place, The Visiting Professor, the New York Times bestselling The Company (adapted for a TNT mini-series), and Legends (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Best Thriller of 2005) and For the Future of Israel, a book of conversations with Shimon Peres. Littell is an American who makes his home in France. Shimon Peres (Edition 1) Shimon Peres, a member of the Knesset since 1959, has been Israel's prime minister and minister of defense, and he shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his part in the Oslo Accord. Littell, a former Newsweek journalist, is the author of 12 novels. His latest book is the result of five conversations with his subject. Peres talks about his youth in a shtetl town in White Russia, where his grandfather taught him Torah; his passion for the Hebrew language; and his immigration to Palestine in 1934. He reflects on the Holocaust and the failure of the U.S., President Roosevelt, and Pope Pius XII to come to the aid of the Jews. He discusses past Israeli leaders David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, and Yitzhak Rabin; the Suez War in 1956; and the Six-Day War in 1967. He speaks on the vexing Middle East peace negotiations, Yasir Arafat, the PLO, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the strife between secular and religious factions in Israel and his own religious beliefs. An indispensable book for anyone wanting to understand Israel's past, written by a statesman who offers hope for the future. (Edition 2) Shimon Peres was born in Poland in 1923 and immigrated to Palestine with his family as a child. A member of the Knesset since 1959, he served as Israeli Minister of Defense (1974-17, a period that included the Entebbe rescue operation), Prime Minister (1984-86), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1986-88). On November 5, 1995, following the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Peres was appointed Prime Minister and Defense Minister. He served in these two posts until the May 1996 elections. In 1997 Peres established the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv. He is the author of ten books, including The Next Step, David's Sling, Entebbe Diary, The New Middle East, and Battling for Peace. Robert Littell, a former Newsweek journalist, is the author of twelve novels, including The Revolutionist, The Visiting Professor, and Walking Back the Cat. An American citizen, he currently lives in France.

Robert Littell

Robert Littell Bestselling author Robert Littell has been ranked amongst John Le Carre and Graham Greene for his masterful spy fiction. A Newsweek journalist in a previous incarnation, Littell has been writing about the Soviet Union and Russians since his first novel, the espionage classic The Defection of A.J.Lewinter. Among his numerous critically acclaimed novels are The October Circle, Mother Russia, The Debriefing, The Sisters, The Revolutionist, The Once and Future Spy, An Agent in Place, The Visiting Professor, the New York Times bestselling The Company (adapted for a TNT mini-series), and Legends (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Best Thriller of 2005) and For the Future of Israel, a book of conversations with Shimon Peres. Littell is an American who makes his home in France. Shimon Peres (Edition 1) Shimon Peres, a member of the Knesset since 1959, has been Israel's prime minister and minister of defense, and he shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize for his part in the Oslo Accord. Littell, a former Newsweek journalist, is the author of 12 novels. His latest book is the result of five conversations with his subject. Peres talks about his youth in a shtetl town in White Russia, where his grandfather taught him Torah; his passion for the Hebrew language; and his immigration to Palestine in 1934. He reflects on the Holocaust and the failure of the U.S., President Roosevelt, and Pope Pius XII to come to the aid of the Jews. He discusses past Israeli leaders David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, and Yitzhak Rabin; the Suez War in 1956; and the Six-Day War in 1967. He speaks on the vexing Middle East peace negotiations, Yasir Arafat, the PLO, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as the strife between secular and religious factions in Israel and his own religious beliefs. An indispensable book for anyone wanting to understand Israel's past, written by a statesman who offers hope for the future. (Edition 2) Shimon Peres was born in Poland in 1923 and immigrated to Palestine with his family as a child. A member of the Knesset since 1959, he served as Israeli Minister of Defense (1974-17, a period that included the Entebbe rescue operation), Prime Minister (1984-86), and Minister of Foreign Affairs (1986-88). On November 5, 1995, following the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Peres was appointed Prime Minister and Defense Minister. He served in these two posts until the May 1996 elections. In 1997 Peres established the Peres Center for Peace in Tel Aviv. He is the author of ten books, including The Next Step, David's Sling, Entebbe Diary, The New Middle East, and Battling for Peace. Robert Littell, a former Newsweek journalist, is the author of twelve novels, including The Revolutionist, The Visiting Professor, and Walking Back the Cat. An American citizen, he currently lives in France.