Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Cornell University Press (1992), Edition: 1, 404 pages
Description
Chosen as one of Library Journal's Best Books of 1992 "Superb scholarship and compelling writing."--Library Journal "Splendidly illuminating and enthrallingly readable."--Conor Cruise O'Brien Asserting that the dominant peoples of South Africa, Northern Ireland, and Israel have based their cultural identity on a belief in a covenant with an all-powerful God, Akenson vividly characterizes the effects of this conviction on each nation's history.
Awards
Grawemeyer Awards (Winner — 1993)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
404 p.; 9.3 inches
ISBN
080142755X / 9780801427558
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