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Books

By the waters of the Jordan Alistair Horne Exile and Return Martin Gilbert (Weidenfeld £7.95) The Zionist Revolution Harold Fisch (Weidenfeld £8.50) Palestine: Retreat from the......

Prussian

Piers Paul Read Ravenstein: Portrait of a German General Rowland Ryden (Hamish Hamilton E7.95) The life of Hans von Ravenstein is hardly more interesting than that of any other......