With today's headlines and the gun-toting child on the cover of this book, you must pay attention to Oliver and Steinberg's Road to Martyrs' Square: a Journey into the World of the Suicide Bomber. The authors, Middle East scholars, spent six months living with a Palestinian refugee family in Gaza, and over a six year period, collected primary sources (audiotapes, graffiti, interviews, videotapes, posters) from throughout the Palestinian territories. This book is their memoir of that experience, including an interview with a would be "martyr"/ "suicide bomber" whose bomb failed to explode on an Israeli bus. It is important to understand his story, as well of the stories of the majority of Palestinians and Israelis who are trying to end the violence in an atmosphere that provokes it. Oliver and Steinberg help build that understanding.
(Vairo Library HV6433.G39O55 2005)