{"product_id":"9781447496953","title":"Cairo to Damascus","description":"This rare book by John Roy Carlson gives an unconventional and detailed account of the war for Israel's independence. Carlson daringly goes undercover on all sides, and therefore provides a unique and captivating account of events.  I left my country quite as uninformed, I am afraid, as are most Americans with respect to other peoples and other shores. But everywhere I went I sought to touch reality—always honestly, and always at first hand. Everywhere I clung close to the smells, the flora and fauna of native existence. In that spirit I have written of the Arabs among whom I lived. I found much good and much evil—evil acquired through a feudal order that, in my opinion, remains the Arab’s greatest enemy and his greatest barrier to emergence from the dark ages. I am grateful for Arab hospitality and the kindness I was shown, but a reporter, like a physician, must not remain blind to the ills plaguing his subject.","brand":"Read Books Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155276742896,"sku":"9781447496953","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781447496953_p0.jpg?v=1763826057","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781447496953","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}