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- Notes from a Sealed Room : an Israeli View of the Gulf War
- Publication Name
- Notes from a Sealed Room
- Title
- Notes from a Sealed Room
- Subtitle
- An Israeli View of the Gulf War
- Format
- Hardcover
- EAN
- 9780809318308
- ISBN
- 9780809318308
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Release Year
- 1993
- Release Date
- 31/01/1993
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Weight
- 16.5 Oz
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Topic
- General, Military / Persian Gulf War (1991), Middle East / General
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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In this compelling and often startling account, Robert Werman chronicles his experiences as an Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem during the Gulf War. On January 19, 1991, he began writing daily reports on his computer, sending them to friends and a few computer networks that dealt with Jewish culture and the politics of the Middle East. To Werman s surprise, he received numerous electronic responses to his entries, sometimes as many as one hundred a day. As a result, his "war diary" was born, a diary that he continued until February 22, 1991, when, near the end of the war, he was hospitalized for a heart condition.In the early entries, Werman notes each Iraqi Scud attack, describing in detail the sealed room in which he and his family sought shelter during the expected chemical attacks. "Sitting in the antigas room, members of the family try to put on a brave face, make jokes. . . . Only the dog, a rather stately collie, sits quietly and does not appear at all excited. We pity the dog, for he is the only one without a mask. But then we remember thatwithout a maskhe is our canary in the coal mine." Futilely, Werman seeks patterns to the attacks, attempting to predict when they might occur. He writes of the nation s response to war: joggers running with their gas masks in hand, schools temporarily disbanded while children meet in small groups to continue their education, city streets emptied by six o'clock each evening as people wait in their homes for the sound of the sirens that herald an assault. He discusses the varying opinions concerning retaliation against Iraq, the fluctuating morale of the country, the damage produced by Iraqi missiles, and the widespread speculation of Israeli citizens concerning their country s survival. Yet Werman s daily reports, digressions, and explanations not only include his observations and impressions; they also poignantly reveal his own personal story and political, religious, and philosophical views.Werman s journal gives a singular view of a country under siege, recounting in detail the pressures, conflicts, and dangers existing duringa war. It is a distinctive book, a fascinating personal and political account of a man, his family, their nation, and a war."
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Southern Illinois University Press
ISBN-10
080931830x
ISBN-13
9780809318308
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17038900126
Product Key Features
Book Title
Notes from a Sealed Room : an Israeli View of the Gulf War
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Military / Persian Gulf War (1991), Middle East / General
Publication Year
1993
Genre
History, Political Science
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
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"Bob Werman has a story to tell. It is an important story of important events, and he is an important man, not because of who he is or what he did, but because of his story and his ability to tell it. Though we all have our stories, few of us tell them well. We must honor good storytellers when we find them, for through them we find meaning in our own stories."-- Gerald M. Phillips , from the Introduction, "This may be the first such book of its kind, documenting the development of a people's news network, uncensored, direct, almost instantaneous. . . . I found it moving, informative about the mentality of an engaged, committed person in the midst of a potential holocaust."— Norman Itzkowitz , Princeton University, "Bob Werman has a story to tell. It is an important story of important events, and he is an important man, not because of who he is or what he did, but because of his story and his ability to tell it. Though we all have our stories, few of us tell them well. We must honor good storytellers when we find them, for through them we find meaning in our own stories."-Gerald M. Phillips, from the Introduction, "This may be the first such book of its kind, documenting the development of a people's news network, uncensored, direct, almost instantaneous. . . . I found it moving, informative about the mentality of an engaged, committed person in the midst of a potential holocaust."-- Norman Itzkowitz , Princeton University, "Bob Werman has a story to tell. It is an important story of important events, and he is an important man, not because of who he is or what he did, but because of his story and his ability to tell it. Though we all have our stories, few of us tell them well. We must honor good storytellers when we find them, for through them we find meaning in our own stories."— Gerald M. Phillips , from the Introduction, "This may be the first such book of its kind, documenting the development of a people's news network, uncensored, direct, almost instantaneous. . . . I found it moving, informative about the mentality of an engaged, committed person in the midst of a potential holocaust."-Norman Itzkowitz, Princeton University
Copyright Date
1992
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92-001319
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