
A High Price
The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
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Narrado por:
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Luke Truan
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Daniel Byman
The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups. Beginning with the violent border disputes that emerged after Israel's founding in 1948, Daniel Byman charts the rise of Yasser Arafat's Fatah and leftist groups such as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--organizations that ushered in the era of international terrorism epitomized by the 1972 hostage-taking at the Munich Olympics. Byman reveals how Israel fought these groups and others, such as Hamas, in the decades that follow, with particular attention to the grinding and painful struggle during the second intifada. Israel's debacles in Lebanon against groups like the Lebanese Hizballah are examined in-depth, as is the country's problematic response to Jewish terrorist groups that have struck at Arabs and Israelis seeking peace. In surveying Israel's response to terror, the author points to the coups of shadowy Israeli intelligence services, the much-emulated use of defensive measures such as sky marshals on airplanes, and the role of controversial techniques such as targeted killings and the security barrier that separates Israel from Palestinian areas. Equally instructive are the shortcomings that have undermined Israel's counterterrorism goals, including a disregard for long-term planning and a failure to recognize the long-term political repercussions of counterterrorism tactics.
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Since its inception, Israel has faced a conflict of interest in its approach to counterterrorism: On the one hand it must rebuke security threats and appease its population. At the same time, heavy-handed counterterrorism tactics can be costly and provocative, resulting in what historian Richard A. Clarke terms a "Pyrrhic victory". In a style he's described as "non-complicated", performer Luke Truan provides a straightforward but eloquent voice for this even-handed account of Israel's war on terror. A High Price offers meticulous analyses of counterterrorism measures which have in turn been described as omnipotent and inadequate, ruthless but essential. Along the way, author Daniel Byman surveys the heavy toll on civilian populations - both Israeli and Palestinian - and explores repercussions for other western democracies in their own counterterrorism efforts.
Great content, AWFUL narration
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What would have made A High Price better?
Getting a narrator who can read big words like "Jordanian" and "Kalashnikov"Has A High Price turned you off from other books in this genre?
No, though the story was nothing special - basically a simple retelling of the events. It was like reading back issues of Newsweek. Pretty much limited to the Israeli viewpoint too.How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator had a George W accent and consistently said "Jordinian" for "Jordanian", "Israels" for "Israelis" + similarly mangled countless other rather common words. The pronunciation of "coup d'etat" was a high-light!What character would you cut from A High Price?
The narratorHilariously bad pronunciation
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Never, never, ever have I heard such a badly produced and performed book. An AI voiceover would be better than this audiobook.
Poor auditory performance and sound quality - just read the book, skip this audio book version if you can.
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Poor narration quality
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Would you try another book from Daniel Byman and/or Luke Truan?
The topic was very interesting, but the narration was the worst I have ever heard on an Audible book. The reader mispronounced almost every non-English word he read, as well as some English ones. I am sure he would have offended Israelis, Arabs, and Palestinians with the pronunciation. I could even hear the pages being turn on some occasions. Scott Brick, et. al. where are you?How could the performance have been better?
Pronounce the words correctly. Do let us hear the pages being turned.Could you see A High Price being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?
No.Worst Narration Ever (I hope!)
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There's a section where you can actually hear the page turn of the person reading the book. on top of this, the reader mispronounces words, like "Israeli" and "onerous".
While I am enjoying the content, the performance of the reader is lacking.
Unprofessional performance, great content
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Amateur reader
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Terrible recording of a great book
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
The story is goodHow did the narrator detract from the book?
The worst narrator ever. He sounds like a 12 year old, no respect for ponctuation or rhythm. By the way is he reading from the actual book? At home? Cause we can hear him turning pages, drinking water, clearing his throat.. I can't believe anyone at audible listen to this and said it was ok to sell it. The narrator killed it for me. I'm returning the book.The worst production/narrator ever
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Frequent mispronunciations
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