This is a rough scan and electronic reading of maybe the most important book of today.  If you want perfection in the rendering, look elsewhere. If you care to take a responsible role regarding the raging genocide, the relentless ethnic cleansing waged against our Palestinian family these last 66 years or more, you will not mind the imperfections of this audio book, and this is for you.   

If you were to study for 30 months Israel's assault on Arabs in th region, in any of the world's leading university history departments, you would, at the end, recognize this book as the most important distillation of all you had learned.  Read it, share it, and support this great man, this great hero, this stunning human being Miko Peled.  Buy his materials, donate to his work.

If you have not already seen the breathtakingly important video interviews of Miko, on youtube, vimeo, and elsewhere, make certain to do so and to share them widely.  There are many useful works on this subject, but none so relevant, powerful, clear and compelling as these contributions by Miko. 

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In 1997, a tragedy struck the family of Israeli-American Miko Peled: His beloved niece Smadar was killed by a suicide bomber in Jerusalem. That tragedy propelled Peled onto a journey of discovery. It pushed him to re-examine many of the beliefs he had grown up with, as the son and grandson of leading figures in Israel's political-military elite, and transformed him into a courageous and visionary activist in the struggle for human rights and a hopeful, lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

Esteemed African-American author Alice Walker has contributed a very moving and thoughtful Foreword to The General's Son.

The journey that Peled traces in this groundbreaking memoir echoed the trajectory taken 40 years earlier by his father, renowned Israeli general Matti Peled. In The General's Son, Miko Peled tells us about growing up in Jerusalem in the heart of the group that ruled the then-young country, Israel. He takes us with him through his service in the country's military and his subsequent global travels... and then, after his niece's killing, back into the heart of Israel's conflict with the Palestinians. The book provides a compelling and intimate window into the fears that haunt both peoples-- but also into the real courage of all those who, like Miko Peled, have been pursuing a steadfast grassroots struggle for equality for all the residents of the Holy Land.