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A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict » (6th Edition)

Book cover image of A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Ian J. Bickerton

Authors: Ian J. Bickerton, Carla L. Klausner
ISBN-13: 9780205753383, ISBN-10: 0205753388
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: November 2009
Edition: 6th Edition

Author Biography: Ian J. Bickerton

Ian J. Bickerton, University of New South Wales

Carla L. Klausner, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Book Synopsis

This concise and comprehensive survey presents balanced, impartial, and well-illustrated coverage of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors identify and examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the past century. The Sixth Edition examines many of the developments that have occurred during the first decade of the 21st century.

1	Palestine in the nineteenth century	15
2	Palestine during the mandate	34
3	World War II, Jewish displaced persons, and the partition of Palestine	65
4	The proclamation of Israel and first Arab-Israeli War	96
5	The conflict widens : Suez, 1956	112
6	The turning joint : June 1967	133
7	Holy days and holy war : October 1973	155
8	The search for peace, 1973-1979	178
9	Lebanon and the intifada	205
10	The peace of the brave	237
11	The peace progresses	272
12	Collapse of the peace process	304
13	The Arab-Israeli conflict in the post-9/11 world	343