Böcker av Saul S. Friedman

Area studies deal with aspects of the Holocaust in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Ukraine, the Balkans, France, Holland, Italy, and Spain, and with effects and reactions in Switzerland and Britain.

Covers the Middle East from its ancient beginnings. The confluence of events that produced civilized society is discussed in this book, along with the establishment of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Also covered is the emergence and decline of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires that laid the framework for the region to move into the modern era.

Friedman writes that the 4,500 Jews left in Syria--virtual hostages in Syria's conflict with Israel--live under conditions that have been compared to those of Nazi Germany. He includes first-hand accounts of Jews oppressed by the Syrian government, including the torture of Jews in Syrian prisons.