Name: Jeremy Black & James Panero discuss “Britain & the Middle East” by The New Criterion
Duration: 42 min 10 s
Description: Jeremy Black, author of “The Holocaust: History and Memory,” and James Panero, Executive Editor of “The New Criterion,” discuss the misplacing of blame for the Middle East’s instability.

Jeremy Black, author of “The Holocaust: History and Memory,” and James Panero, Executive Editor of “The New Criterion,” discuss the misplacing of blame for the Middle East’s instability.

Jeremy Black & James Panero discuss “Britain & the Middle East”

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