{"product_id":"army-of-shadows-by-hillel-cohen-9780520259898","title":"Army of Shadows","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by stories he heard in the West Bank as a child, Hillel Cohen uncovers a hidden history in this extraordinary and beautifully written book—a history central to the narrative of the Israel-Palestine conflict but for the most part wilfully ignored until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eArmy of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, initially published in Israel to high acclaim and intense controversy, he tells the story of Arabs who, from the very beginning of the Arab-Israeli encounter, sided with the Zionists and aided them politically, economically, and in security matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on newly declassified documents and research in Zionist, Arab, and British sources, \u003ci\u003eArmy of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e follows Bedouins who hosted Jewish neighbours, weapons dealers, pro-Zionist propagandists, and informers and local leaders who cooperated with the Zionists, and others to reveal an alternate history of the mandate period with repercussions extending to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book illuminates the Palestinian nationalist movement, which branded these \"collaborators\" as traitors and persecuted them; the Zionist movement, which used them to undermine Palestinian society from within and betrayed them; and the collaborators themselves, who held an alternate view of Palestinian nationalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArmy of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e offers a crucial new view of history from below and raises profound questions about the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462615941356,"sku":"9780520259898","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780520259898-army-of-shadows.jpg?v=1775018256","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/army-of-shadows-by-hillel-cohen-9780520259898","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}