[David B]
HENRY BELL is fascinated by the underlying curiosities and contradictions of one of the great poets of the Mediterranean
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing
GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist
SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible
Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations, Part Three: 1984-2013
Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B
(SelfMadeHero £14.99)
PARTS one and two of Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B’s The Best of Enemies series served as a potent example of the power of comics to take complex subjects like the 300-year history of America and the Middle East and present them in a concise and entertaining manner.
Volume three continues that tradition, taking readers through 29 years of US imperial meddling, backstabbing and invasions, from Ronald Reagan’s humiliations to the wars of Bush father and son on Iraq, Clinton’s hijacking of the Israel-Palestine peace talks, the Afghanistan war and Obama’s Libyan and Syrian campaigns.
