did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9781560254836

The Gun and the Olive Branch The Roots of Violence in the Middle East

by
  • ISBN13:

    9781560254836

  • ISBN10:

    1560254831

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-08-26
  • Publisher: Bold Type Books
  • Purchase Benefits
  • Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping On Orders Over $35!
    Your order must be $35 or more to qualify for free economy shipping. Bulk sales, PO's, Marketplace items, eBooks and apparel do not qualify for this offer.
  • eCampus.com Logo Get Rewarded for Ordering Your Textbooks! Enroll Now
List Price: $27.99 Save up to $0.84
  • Buy New
    $27.15

    PRINT ON DEMAND: 2-4 WEEKS. THIS ITEM CANNOT BE CANCELLED OR RETURNED.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

Summary

More than a decade before Israel's New Historians revolutionized the study of Israeli history, English journalist David Hirst wrote The Gun and the Olive Branch, a classic, myth-breaking general history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hirst, former Middle East correspondent of the Guardian, traces the origins of the terrible conflict back to the 1880s to show how Arab violence, although often cruel and fanatical, is a response to the challenge of repeated aggression. The Gun and the Olive Branch is an absorbing, potentially controversial, history of the Middle Eastern conflict that is indispensable to anyone with an interest in world politics and by partisans of both sides. This classic and controversial account of the origins of the Middle East conflict returns to print updated with a lengthy introduction that reflects on the course of recent Middle Eastern historyespecially the abortive Israeli-Palestinian peace process and 9/11.

Author Biography

David Hirst was for many years the Middle East correspondent of the Guardian. His seminal book on the Arab-Israeli conflict, The Gun and the Olive Branch, has been in print for thirty years.

Table of Contents

Author's Note
Foreword to the Third Editionp. 1
The Ravages of a Purblind Orthodoxyp. 3
Arafat's Historic Peace Offerp. 17
Israel and the 'Friends of Israel' in Americap. 37
No End of American Partisanshipp. 61
The Seeds of Conflict, 1882-1920p. 137
No Peace in Zion, 1921-1935p. 168
The Arab Rebellion, 1935-1939p. 198
Gun Zionismp. 232
Special Uses of Violencep. 271
The Arab-Fightersp. 297
Greater Israelp. 332
The Arab Zionistsp. 385
The Gun and the Olive Branchp. 417
Peace with Egyptp. 470
The Rape of the West Bankp. 496
The Invasion of Lebanonp. 529
Epiloguep. 580
Indexp. 589
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program