Palestine-Israel Conflict A Basic Introduction

Name: Palestine-Israel Conflict A Basic Introduction
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ISBN: 9780745332130

ISBN-10: 0745332137

ISBN-13: 9780745332130

Edition: 3rd 2012

Authors: Gregory Harms, Todd M. Ferry

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The Palestine-Israel conflict is the most notorious and ingrained conflict of the twentieth, and now twenty-first, century. Yet the way it is reported in the media is often confusing, leading many to assume the hostilities stretch back to an ancient period. *BR**BR*The Palestine-Israel Conflict is the first book to provide a clear, accessible, and annotated introduction that covers the full history of the region, from Biblical times until today. Perfect for the general reader, as well as students, it offers a comprehensive yet lucid rendering of the conflict, setting it in its proper historical context. Harms and Ferry show how today's violence is very much a product of recent history, with…

Book details

List price: $16.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication date: 6/14/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.80" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Gregory Harms is an independent scholar based in Chicago. He is the author of Straight Power Concepts in the Middle East: US Foreign Policy, Israel and World History (Pluto, 2010).

Todd M. Ferry began his studies in archaeology and Near East history at Indiana University. He received his MA in Syro-Palestinian archaeology from the University of Chicago in 2001, and has worked as a supervisor at the sites of Ashkelon and Tel Beth Shemesh in Israel.



List of Maps


Acknowledgments


Preface to the Third Edition


Introduction



Background History



Canaan-Palestine: Ancient History




Muhammad, Islam, and the Arab Empire



The Crusades to the Ottoman Empire



Pre-conflict



Jewish Persecution and Zionism



Palestine



The Genesis of Conflict: World War I to World War II



Conflict



Partition, Israeli Statehood, and the Six-Day War: 1947-1967



The Continuation of the Arab-Israeli Conflict: 1967-Lebanon 1982



The First Intifada and the Peace Process



The Twenty-First Century: The Second Intifada, Hamas, and Obama


Conclusion: Current Developments


Appendices



Chronology



Israel's Prime Ministers



General Data: Israel, Palestine


Notes


Suggested Reading


Select Bibliography


Index