The Tower of Babel

I came across this book randomly, and loved it. Having taken a course on Middle Eastern history and one on borders, I felt like this book supplemented everything I had read about, and more: it provided me with the human dimension of more broader policies and events of the region. Well-balanced, informative and interesting, takes place on the eve of the 1967 war. It examines the same events through the eyes of different characters: an Israeli spy living in Syria, a Palestinian terrorist, a Lebanese banker and an Israeli military adviser. Wonderfully written.