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The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1951
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This seminal text by renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappé, discusses one of the most significant periods in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Based on archival material, it presents the reader with a comprehensive and general history of the origins and consequences of the 1948 war. While among Arabs,...
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This seminal text by renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappé, discusses one of the most significant periods in the Arab-Israeli conflict. Based on archival material, it presents the reader with a comprehensive and general history of the origins and consequences of the 1948 war.
While among Arabs, and especially Palestinians, the events of that year are known as the nakba - the catastrophe, the trauma, the disaster - for Jews, and in particular for Israelis, their victory in the war of 1948 is a veritable miracle. For them, against tremendous odds and through heroic military effort, the Jewish community succeeded in thwarting attempts by the Arab states to destroy it.
Pappé shows here that in sharp contrast to the recollections and myths of both sides, the military events of 1948 were not decisive. The victory of the Zionist organisation and the fate of the Palestinians were determined by politicians on both sides - in the discussions and decisions of the United Nations in 1947-8 and in the Arab League - long before a shot had been fired.
He argues that Israel's failure to take advantage of the genuine opportunity for peace with the Arabs at the UN-sponsored Lausanne Conference in 1949 resulted in the prolonged and tragic conflict between Israel and the Arab states still very much alive today. Complete with a new foreword by the author, The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1951 remains the authority on the subject for a new generation of readers.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780755651221
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 February 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 138.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 440g
Pages: 344
About the Author
Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and socialist activist. He is Professor of History and Director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter, UK. His publications include the bestselling The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (2006) as well as A History of Modern Palestine (2006); The Israel/Palestine Question (2006); The Forgotten Palestinians (2011); The Idea of Israel (2014); The Modern Middle East (2014); Ten Myths About Israel (2017) and with Noam Chomsky, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians (2010). He writes for, among others, the Guardian and the London Review of Books.
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