The war for Palestine : rewriting the history of 1948

The war for Palestine : rewriting the history of 1948 / edited by Eugene L. Rogan and Avi Shlaim.

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 includ...

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Other Authors: Rogan, Eugene L., Shlaim, Avi
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Edition:2nd edition
Series:Cambridge Middle East studies ; 15.
Subjects:
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.
Arab-Israeli conflict.
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 > Historiography.
Arab-Israeli conflict > Historiography.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the second edition
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Palestinians and 1948: the underlying causes of failure / Rashid Khaldi
  • 2. Revisiting the Palestinian exodus of 1948 / Benny Morris
  • 3. The Druze and the birth of Israel / Laila Parsons
  • 4. Israel and the Arab coalition in 1948 / Avi Shlaim
  • 5. Jordan and 1948: the persistence of an official history / Eugene L. Rogan
  • 6. Iraq and the 1948 war: mirror of Iraq's disorder / Charles Tripp
  • 7. Egypt and the 1948 war: internal conflict and regional ambition / Fawaz A. Gerges
  • 8. Syria and the Palestine War: fighting King 'Abdullah's 'Greater Syria Plan' / Joshua Landis
  • 9. Collusion across the Litani? Lebanon and the 1948 war / Matthew Hughes
  • 10. Saudi Arabia and the 1948 Palestine War: beyond official history / Madawi Al-Rasheed
  • 11. Afterword: the consequences of 1948 / Edward W. Said.

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