1948 A History of the First Arab-Israeli War

Name: 1948 A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
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ISBN: 9780300151121

ISBN-10: 0300151128

ISBN-13: 9780300151121

Edition: 2009

Authors: Benny Morris

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This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Benny Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation. The Arab sidewhere the archives are still closedis illuminated with the help of intelligence and diplomatic materials. Morris stresses thejihadicharacter of the two-stage Arab assault on the Jewish community in Palestine. Throughout, he examines the dialectic between the war's military and political developments and highlights the military impetus in…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 4/28/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.29" long x 1.17" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


List of Maps



Staking Claims: The Historical Background



The United Nations Steps In: UNSCOP and the Partition Resolution



The First Stage of the Civil War, November 1947-March 1948



The Second Stage of the Civil War, April-mid-May 1948



The Pan-Arab Invasion, 15 May-11 June 1948



The First Truce, 11 June-8 July 1948, the International Community, and the War



The "Ten Days" and After



Operations Yoav and Hiram



Operation Horev, December 1948-January 1949



The Armistice Agreements, January-July 1949



Some Conclusions


Notes


Bibliography


Index


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