ABSTRACT

Comprehensive and analytical, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict presents a balanced and impartial overview of this centuries-old struggle. The authors examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the course of its history, bringing the coverage up to date with a twenty-first- century perspective. Fully revised throughout, this eighth edition contains: 

  • New and extensive coverage of the developments in the conflict since 2014
  • Updated Suggested Readings and the incorporation of recent scholarship
  • An additional selection of primary source documents
  • New maps and illustrations.

Taking a clear and chronological approach to this complex subject, this book explores recent events in the Middle East in the context of their longer-term history. Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs, maps, tables, and chronologies for each chapter, together with extensive relevant and up-to-date documentary sources and a glossary of key terms, it is the ideal textbook for all students of the history of the modern Middle East.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|23 pages

Palestine in the Nineteenth Century

chapter 2|40 pages

Palestine during the Mandate

chapter 5|25 pages

The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956

chapter 6|26 pages

The Turning Point: June 1967

chapter 7|29 pages

Holy Days and Holy War: October 1973

chapter 8|32 pages

The Search for Peace, 1973–1979

chapter 9|43 pages

Lebanon and the Intifada

chapter 10|37 pages

The Peace of the Brave

chapter 11|39 pages

The Peace Progresses

chapter 12|40 pages

Collapse of the Peace Process

chapter 14|28 pages

Perilous Times: 2006–2009

chapter 15|40 pages

Dramatic Events: 2010–2013

chapter |6 pages

Conclusion