ISRAEL & PALESTINE PA
by Shlaim, AviEdition: 00
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Pub. Date: 2010-11-08
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Summary
With characteristic rigor and readability, Avi Shlaim reflects on a rangeof key issues, transformations and personalities in the Israel-Palestineconflict. From the 1917 Balfour Declaration to the failure of the Oslo peaceprocess, from the 1948 War to the 2008 invasion of Gaza, Israel and Palestine places current events in their proper historical perspective. Shlaim assessesthe impact of key political and intellectual figures, including Yasir Arafatand Ariel Sharon, Edward Said and Benny Morris; he also re-examinesthe United Statesrs" influential role in the conflict, and explores the manymissed opportunities for peace and progress in the region. Unflinching andmeticulous, this is an essential tool for understanding the fractured historyand future prospects of Israel-Palestine.
Author Biography
Avi Shlaim is a Fellow of St. Anthony’s College and a professor of international relations at the University of Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2006. His books include Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace; War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History; The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World; and Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations. He lives in Oxford.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. ix |
| Chronology | p. xvii |
| Maps | p. xxii |
| 1948 and After | |
| The Balfour Declaration and its Consequences | p. 3 |
| The Civil War in Palestine | p. 25 |
| The Rise and Fall of the All-Palestine Government in Gaza | p. 37 |
| Did They Leave or Were They Pushed? | p. 54 |
| Husni Zaim and the Plan to Resettle Palestinian Refugees in Syria | p. 62 |
| All the Difference | p. 77 |
| Israel's Dirty War | p. 84 |
| The Struggle for Jordan | p. 93 |
| Abu Nidal, Abu Shmidal | p. 104 |
| Sleepless Afternoons | p. 114 |
| To Oslo and Beyond | |
| The Face that Launched a Thousand MiGs | p. 123 |
| Arab Nationalism and its Discontents | p. 128 |
| Israel and the Gulf | p. 141 |
| Changing Places: The Madrid Peace Conference | p. 152 |
| Prelude to the Oslo Accord: Likud, Labour and the Palestinians | p. 168 |
| The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process | p. 187 |
| Woman of the Year | p. 210 |
| Overtaken by Events | p. 224 |
| The Likud in Power: The Historiography of Revisionist Zionism | p. 235 |
| Capital Folly | p. 253 |
| The Breakdown of the Peace Process | |
| The Lost Steps | p. 263 |
| George W. Bush and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | p. 277 |
| Ariel Sharon's War Against the Palestinians | p. 285 |
| Palestine and Iraq | p. 296 |
| Israel's War Against Hamas: Rhetoric and Reality | p. 307 |
| Perspectives | |
| His Royal Shyness: King Hussein and Israel | p. 321 |
| Edward Said and the Palestine Question | p. 343 |
| Four Days in Seville | p. 357 |
| Benny Morris and the Betrayal of History | p. 361 |
| Free Speech? Not for Critics of Israel | p. 366 |
| Notes | p. 373 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 381 |
| Index | p. 383 |
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