Bartov doesn’t go in for rhetorical extravagance; his writing style is clear, sober and deliberate ... Bartov uses all the tools at his disposal, weaving together history, personal anecdotes, even some literary criticism, including a close reading of a poem ... Bartov is more convincing when writing about his own attempts at an intervention. A more peaceful future will require more understanding and more imagination — the very things that books can provide, if we let them.
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