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| Tables, Charts, and Maps | |
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| Documents | |
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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Defining the Question | |
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| Who Are the Arabs and Jews? | |
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| The Religious Dimension: Judaism and Islam | |
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| The Task of the Historian | |
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| The Landscape of Palestine | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Palestine in the Nineteenth Century | |
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| Palestine under the Ottoman Empire | |
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| The Arabs of Palestine | |
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| Jews in Nineteenth-Century Palestine | |
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| The Birth of Modern Zionism | |
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| The Jewish and Arab Communities of Palestine on the Eve of World War I | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Palestine During the Mandate | |
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| The Hussein-McMahon Correspondence | |
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| The Sykes-Picot Agreement | |
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| The Balfour Declaration | |
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| Postwar Settlement | |
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| The Mandates | |
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| Land, Immigration, and White Papers | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| World War II, Jewish Displaced Persons, and the Partition of Palestine | |
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| The Holocaust | |
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| Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust | |
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| The United States, American Jews, and Palestine to 1945 | |
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| Palestine after World War II | |
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| The Displaced Persons and Palestine | |
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| Postwar British and American Policy | |
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| The Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry | |
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| Palestine before the United Nations | |
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| UNSCOP Majority Report | |
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| The United States and the Partition Proposal | |
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| UNGA Approves the Partition of Palestine | |
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| Arab and Jewish Response to the UN Partition Resolution | |
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| Partition in Doubt | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Proclamation of Israel and the First Arab-Israeli War | |
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| Israel Declared and the War of 1948 | |
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| The Palestinian Refugees | |
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| Israel: A Jewish State | |
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| The Arabs of Palestine: 1948 | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956 | |
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| The Uncertain Years, 1949-1956 | |
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| Israel and the Palestinians | |
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| Israel and the Arab States | |
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| Background to the 1956 War | |
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| The Baghdad Pact, 1955 | |
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| The Suez Crisis | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Turning Point: June 1967 | |
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| Israel after 1956 | |
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| The Arabs after 1956 | |
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| U.S.-Soviet Involvement: The Cold War and the Arms Race | |
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| Syria, the Palestinians, and the War of 1967 | |
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| Recapitulation | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Holy Days and Holy War: October 1973 | |
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| The Palestinians and the PLO after 1967 | |
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| Diplomacy, the War of Attrition, and the Rogers Plan | |
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| Detente and the Role of the Superpowers | |
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| Egypt Prepares for War | |
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| The 1973 War and Its Aftermath | |
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| The Arab Embargo and the Oil Weapon | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Search for Peace, 1973-1979 | |
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| The Peace Process, 1973-1979 | |
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| Water and the Arab-Israeli Conflict | |
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| The Camp David Accords | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Lebanon and the Intifada | |
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| Lebanon | |
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| The Intifada | |
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| The Superpowers and the Peace Process | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Peace of the Brave | |
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| The End of the Cold War and the Dissolution of the Soviet Union | |
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| The Gulf War | |
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| The Madrid Peace Conference | |
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| The Road to Peace | |
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| The September 1993 Israeli-PLO Accord | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| The Peace Progresses | |
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| The Gaza-Jericho Agreement between Israel and the PLO | |
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| Peace between Jordan and Israel | |
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| The Road to Oslo II | |
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| The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin | |
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| The Israeli Elections of May 1996 | |
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| Suggestions for Further Reading | |
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| Collapse of the Peace Process | |
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| Peace Negotiations Stall | |
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| Internal Problems In Israel | |
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| The Wye River Memorandum | |
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| The Death of King Hussein | |
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| The Election of Ehud Barak | |
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| The Sharm al-Sheikh Memorandum | |
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| The Syrians--and Great Expectations | |
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| The Talks Continue | |
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| Lebanon | |
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| Camp David II | |
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| The al-Aqsa Intifada and Collapse of the Peace Process | |
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| The Election Victory of Ariel Sharon | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| The Changing Character of the Arab-Israeli Conflict | |
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| Outstanding Issues in the Conflict | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Guide to Pronunciation | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Index | |