Army of Shadows

by Cohen, Hillel

• ISBN13: 9780520259898
• ISBN10: 0520259890
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-04
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

Inspired by stories he heard in the West Bank as a child, Hillel Cohen uncovers a hidden history in this extraordinary and beautifully written book--a history central to the narrative of the Israel-Palestine conflict but for the most part willfully ignored until now. InArmy of Shadows,initially published in Israel to high acclaim and intense controversy, he tells the story of Arabs who, from the very beginning of the Arab-Israeli encounter, sided with the Zionists and aided them politically, economically, and in security matters. Based on newly declassified documents and research in Zionist, Arab, and British sources,Army of Shadowsfollows Bedouins who hosted Jewish neighbors, weapons dealers, pro-Zionist propagandists, and informers and local leaders who cooperated with the Zionists, and others to reveal an alternate history of the mandate period with repercussions extending to this day. The book illuminates the Palestinian nationalist movement, which branded these "collaborators" as traitors and persecuted them; the Zionist movement, which used them to undermine Palestinian society from within and betrayed them; and the collaborators themselves, who held an alternate view of Palestinian nationalism.Army of Shadowsoffers a crucial new view of history from below and raises profound questions about the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Author Biography

Hillel Cohen is Research Fellow at the Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Two Nationalisms Meet, 1917-1935
Utopia and Its Collapse	p. 15
Who Is a Traitor?	p. 43
We, the Collaborators	p. 66
Rebels and Traitors, 1936-1939
Old Collaborators, New Traitors	p. 95
Unity Ends	p. 121
The "Traitors" Counterattack	p. 145
War in Europe, War at Home
World War, Local Calm	p. 171
Prelude to War	p. 202
Treason and Defeat: The 1948 War	p. 230
Conclusion	p. 259
Notes	p. 269
Bibliography	p. 317
Index	p. 327
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