Israel Alone

This book was such an inspiration to me, because it is not often that one can read someone as cultured and clear in his thoughts as this philosopher, and see a limpid explanation for what is currently happening and for the whole drama now occuring. I do hope that more and more people know the truth a......more

A profound and impassioned defense of Israel's right to exist and defend itself in an increasingly hostile world. Lévy, with his characteristic eloquence and philosophical depth, presents a narrative that is both a heartfelt plea and a rigorous analysis of contemporary geopolitics. He begins with a......more

In a sweeping history of Israel’s existence, featuring documentary evidence of Israel’s struggle to survive from the date of its birth, the eminent Bernard-Henri Levy has created a treatise on how the October 7, 2023 massacre exemplifies ongoing antisemitism in a world that has always made Jews into......more

I hated Bernard Levy’s point of view here which I probably decided too early on to give it a fair read. I think I object to just about any history or analysis of a historical situation which defines an absolute starting place from which all good or evil emanates, as he does here with October 7. It w......more

Thank you to NetGalley and Wicked Son for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. This was the kind of book that I didn’t want to read, but felt it was important to do. It’s like Holocaust memoirs—I never *want* to read one, but I do whenever I get the chance because I......more