The Making of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1947-1951 / Ilan Pappé.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pappé, Ilan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict--1948-1967.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Physical Description:

XII, 324 pages : maps ; 22 cm

Edition:

Reprinted edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Summary:

Arabs and Israelis describe the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 in completely different ways. Among Arabs, and especially Palestinians, the events of that year are known as the Nakba: the catastrophe, the trauma, the disaster. For Israelis, their victory in the war of 1948 is a veritable miracle in which, against tremendous odds, the Jewish community succeeded in thwarting attempts by the Arab states to destroy it. In this book Ilan Pappé presents a groundbreaking and now classic, re-interpretation of the events of 1948 and their aftermath, challenging established myths and misconceptions surrounding the formation of the state of Israel. By revealing the calculations underpinning Israeli actions during the war, which had been hitherto for the most part denied. Pappé challenged prevailing views of the conflict. This comprehensive and accessible history of the origins and consequences of the 1948 war does much to demolish the myths and misconceptions surrounding the formation of the state of Israel and the beginning of a conflict which continues to affect the entire region. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

The diplomatic battle : UN Discussions, February 1947-May 1948

The civil war in Palestine

The making of the refugee problem

The Arab world goes to war, or does it?

The general Arab preparation

Seeking a comprehensive peace : Count Bernadotte's mission and the development of the military campaigns

The complete takeover and the Israeli struggle against Bernadotte's legacy

The armistice agreements

From mediation to conciliation : the establishment of the Palestine Conciliation Commission

The Lausanne Conference

The final quest for peace

Conclusions.

Notes:

First (hardback) edition: 1992.

Photomechanical reprint of the revised paperback edition: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 1994.

Bibliography: page 302-311.

Notes: page 274-301.

With index.

ISBN:

9781780764924

1780764928

OCLC:

823579631

Publisher Number:

99961834839