THE WAR FOR PALESTINE by Eugene L. Rogan (Editor), Avi Shlaim (Editor) ( 9780521699341 )

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Title:

THE WAR FOR PALESTINE
REWRITING THE HISTORY OF 1948

By:

Eugene L. Rogan (Editor), Avi Shlaim (Editor)

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0521699347

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

19 November, 2007

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Series:

Cambridge Middle East Studies No. 15

Pages:

310

Description:

The updated second edition of The War for Palestine presents the genesis of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Synopsis:

The 1948 war led to the creation of the state of Israel, the fragmentation of Palestine, and to a conflict which has raged across the intervening sixty years. The historical debate likewise continues and these debates are encapsulated in the second edition of The War for Palestine, updated to include chapters on Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. In a preface to this edition, the editors survey the state of scholarship in this contested field. The impact of these debates goes well beyond academia. There is an important link between the state of Arab-Israeli relations and popular attitudes towards the past. A more complex and fair-minded understanding of that past is essential for preserving at least the prospect of reconciliation between Arabs and Israel in the future. The rewriting of the history of 1948 thus remains a practical as well as an academic imperative.

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Cambridge University Press

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