Cause for concern

Roger Iredale revisits a prescient Quaker book

by Roger Iredale 15th February 2013

It may seem strange to review a slim paperback by a Quaker published forty-two years ago, but Herbert Dobbing, for nine years head of Brummana High School, was a far-sighted and reflective commentator, not only as a skilled summariser of the broader history of Palestine, but for his insights into the nature of conflict, deprivation, injustice, identity and political power.