Silvers (Robert), 1965-1993

File

MS. Berlin 279

Held at the Weston Library

Predominantly on matters relating to the New York Review of Books , including letters about:

(passim) Israel and the Middle East
(fols. 16-20) a libel action against Encounter by Conor Cruise O'Brien, 1966
(fol. 44) a lecture by Noam Chomsky at Oxford, 1969
(fols. 88-107) Israeli immigration, the conflicts between Arabs and Jews in Israel, and other aspects of Middle East politics, 1970
(fols. 135-151 passim, 154-193, 198-201) the version of Berlin's essay on Machiavelli published in the New York Review of Books, including copies of letters in response to it, 1971-1972
(fols. 243-250) Berlin's reaction to an article by I.F. Stone on the Middle East, 1975
(fols. 268-278) a reprint of Berlin's introduction to Herzen's From the Other Shore, including draft of postscript by Berlin, and proofs of the article, 1979
(fols. 302-305) Berlin's work on Joseph de Maistre, with Berlin's response, 1990

Dates

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MS. Berlin 279

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