Ronald Sanders was an American journalist and writer--publishing 10 works of non-fiction to high regard. From 1966-1975 he was on the staff of Midstream magazine, and from 1973-1975 was its editor-in-chief. He was the first recipient of the B'Nai B'Rith Book Award for his The Downtown Jews.

The High Walls of Jerusalem is a fantastic, detailed, account of the developments of two generations leading to the Balfour Declaration of 1917. Sanders pored through literally thousands of official, primary-source documents of the periods. For those looking for an understanding of how modern Israel came to be, along with the issues surrounding modern-day Middle Eastern problems, this book is indispensable.