Lieven on the fence ("Perceptions of Palestine.")

[Michael Pugliese]

>...Moreover, with the exception of  President Bill Clinton at the end of  his
period in office, no US  administration has ever put forward  a clear-cut,
detailed public plan for peace.

   Currently reading a newish book, "Perceptions of Palestine, " by Kathleen 
Christison, U.C. Press, 1999, pb. 2000, updated edition with a new afterword, 
which reviews the U.S. administrations from Wilson to Clinton vis. a vis. the 
Palestinians. Very good read, extensively documented. Refers to Said's, 
Orientalism, of coarse, but, thank gawd, is light on the pomo jargon.Mostly 
solid history with lotsa insider dope.

   http://www.electronicintifada.net/forjournalists/mediacontacts/us.html

   Kathleen CHRISTISON (Santa Fe, NM)
E-mail: Kathy at Christison-SantaFe.com | Web: www.christison-santafe.com
Christison is the author of Perceptions of Palestine: Their Influence on U.S. 
Middle East Policy, (University of California Press, 1999), a ground-breaking 
book that tracced 130 years of formulation of American perceptions of the 
Middle East and their ultimate manifestation in U.S. government policy through 
twelve key presidencies from Wilson to Clinton. Christison is a freelance 
writer who has written on Middle East affairs for over 25 years, published in 
the Journal of Palestine Studies, The Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East 
(Macmillan, 1997), Foreign Policy magazine, and the Christian Science Monitor.
Michael Pugliese