The origins of the Arab-Israeli wars / Ritchie Ovendale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ovendale, Ritchie., author.

Series:

Origins of modern wars.

Origins Of Modern Wars

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Israel--History, Military.

Israel.

Arab countries--History, Military.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (398 p.)

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

This highly-regarded history gives a balanced and judicious introduction to this immensely complex and controversial subject, weaving different strands of the story into a single coherent narrative, thus making it essential reading for all students studying conflict in the Middle East. Of all the troubles affecting the modern world few are as topical, deep rooted and intractable as the Arab-Israeli conflict. For this region, an understanding of the past is vital to an understanding of the present. Ritchie Ovendale's classic study of the roots of the conflict is now updated for a fourth time and considers events until 2003.

Contents:

1. 'The Jewish state' versus 'the Arab awakening'

2. Two pledges and the origins of a conflict

3. The division of the Middle East and the roots of war

4. British paramountcy over Arabs and Zionists

5. The United States and the Jewish state movement

6. The Arab and Zionist cases in British and American eyes

7. The recognition of Israel and war

8. Realignment and change

9. The Suez-Sinai war of 1956

10. Towards the June 1967 War

11. Attrition, and the October war

12. Camp David and the war in Lebanon

13. The Palestinian uprising

14. The peace process

15. The second Palestinian uprising

16. Conclusions.

Notes:

Fourth edition 2004 by Pearson Education Limited.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 18, 2015).

ISBN:

1-315-83537-1

1-317-86767-X

1-317-86768-8

9781315835372

OCLC:

935245376