Righteous victims : a history of the Zionist-Arab conflict, 1881-2001

Morris, Benny, 1948- author.

Book 2001

"Tracing the roots of political Zionism back to the pogroms of Russia and the Dreyfus Affair, Morris describes the gradual influx of Jewish settlers into Palestine and the impact they had on the Arab population. Following the Holocaust, the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 resulted in the establishment of the State of Israel, but it also shattered Palestinian Arab society and gave rise to a massive refugee problem. Morris offers distinctive account...

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Arab-Israeli conflict

Arab-Israeli conflict 1993- Peace

Jewish-Arab relations History 1917-1948

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ISBN:

9780679744757

Edition:

First Vintage Books edition

Description:

xiv, 784 pages : maps ; 20 cm

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Knopf, c1999
Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-751) and index

Contents:

Palestine on the eve
The beginning of the conflict : Jews and Arabs in Palestine, 1881-1914
World War I, the Balfour Declaration and the British Mandate
The Arabs rebel
World War II and the first Arab-Israeli War, 1939-49
1949-1956
The Six-Day War, 1967
The War of Attrition
The October War, 1973
The Israeli-Egyptian Peace, 1977-79
The Lebanon War, 1982- 85
The Intifada
Peace at last?
Ehud Barak's 19 months

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3292283

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