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

In few areas of the modern world is an explanation of the past more vital to an understanding of the present than the Arab-Israeli conflict. This lucid and non-partisan account provides an introduction to the subject.

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Main Author: Ovendale, Ritchie (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.
Edition:Fourth edition.
Series:Origins of modern wars.
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Table of Contents:
  • 'The Jewish state' versus 'the Arab awakening'
  • Two pledges and the origins of a conflict
  • The division of the Middle East and the roots of war
  • British paramountcy over Arabs and Zionists
  • The United States and the Jewish state movement
  • The Arab and Zionist cases in British and American eyes
  • The recognition of Israel and war
  • Realignment and change
  • The Suez-Sinai War of 1956
  • Towards the June 1967 war
  • Attrition and the October war
  • Camp David and the war in Lebanon
  • The Palestinian uprising
  • The peace process
  • The second Palestinian uprising.