Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict

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Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict

Charles D. Smith

St. Martin's Press , Macmillan, c1996

3rd ed

  • Macmillan : cased
  • Macmillan : pbk
  • St. Martin's Press : cased
  • St. Martin's Press : pbk

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Previous ed.: 1992

Bibliography: p345-347.

Includes index

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St. Martin's Press : pbk ISBN 9780312096496

Description

This book provides a concise history of the origins and development of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Equal treatment is given to the period before the creation of Israel in 1948, namely, Arab society in the nineteenth century, the origins of Zionism, and the impact of Zionism on Palestinian Arabs before and after World War I. The first half of the book considers in detail the role played by British and French imperialism in these developments. The second half of the book examines the Arab-Israeli conflict in the light of the Cold War and the later emergence of the Palestinian national movement that culminated in the Israeli-Palestinian accord of 1993. Here extensive treatment is given to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. The major themes are those of competing and conflicting nationalisms, Palestinian Arab and Zionist/Israeli; conflicting states, Arab and Israel; and the role of outside powers in affecting developments in the region.
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Macmillan : pbk ISBN 9780333658826

Description

The enormous changes in the 1990s throughout the Middle East have necessitated this thoroughly revised edition of the standard introduction to the subject. Offering a balanced history of both Israeli and Arab goals, this book covers the history of Palestine before Israeli independence in 1948 and brings the story forward to the breakthrough Arab-Israeli Accord of 1993 and its troubled aftermath.

Table of Contents

Preface - The Middle East and Palestine to 1914 - Ottoman Society, Palestine and the Origins of Zionism - Zionism: Its Origins and Development to 1914 -World War I, Great Britain and the Peace Settlements - Palestine Between the Wars - World War II and the Creation of the State of Israel, 1939-1948 -The Beginning of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1949-1957 - From Suez to the Six-Day War, 1957-1967 - War and the Search for Peace in the Middle East, 1967-1976 - Limited Wars and the Search for Negotiating Leverage, 1967-1971 - Lebanon, the West Bank and Camp David Accords, 1977-1984 - A Promise of Peace? The Palestinian-Israeli Accord in the Context of World and Regional Events, 1984-1995 - Historical Chronology of Events in the Middle East - Select Bibliography - Index

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