War for Palestine Rewriting the History Of 1948

Name: War for Palestine Rewriting the History Of 1948
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ISBN: 9780521699341

ISBN-10: 0521699347

ISBN-13: 9780521699341

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Eugene L. Rogan, Avi Shlaim

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The 1948 war led to the creation of the state of Israel, the fragmentation of Palestine, and to a conflict which has raged across the intervening sixty years. The historical debate also continues and these debates are encapsulated in the second edition of The War for Palestine, updated to include chapters on Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. In a preface to the new edition, the editors survey the state of scholarship in this contested field. The impact of these debates goes well beyond academia. There is an important link between the state of Arab-Israeli relations and popular attitudes towards the past. A more complex and fair-minded understanding of that past is essential for preserving at least…

Book details

List price: $33.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 310
Size: 6.26" wide x 8.90" long x 0.63" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Avi Shlaim is professor of international relations at St. Antony's College, Oxford University.



Notes on contributors


Chronology


List of abbreviations


Maps


Preface to the second edition


Introduction



The Palestinians and 1948: the underlying causes of failure




Revisiting the Palestinian exodus of 1948




The Druze and the birth of Israel




Israel and the Arab coalition in 1948




Jordan and 1948: the persistence of an official history




Iraq and the 1948 War: mirror of Iraq's disorder




Egypt and the 1948 War: internal conflict and regional ambition




Syria and the Palestine War: fighting King `Abdullah's "Greater Syria Plan"




Collusion across the Litani? Lebanon and the 1948 War




Saudi Arabia and the 1948 Palestine War: beyond official history




Afterword: the consequences of 1948



Bibliography


Index