Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents

by Smith

• ISBN13: 9780312437367
• ISBN10: 0312437366
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-06
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

"The sixth edition of this best-selling, comprehensive introduction to the Arab-Israeli conflict features more than 45 primary documents and the most balanced, accessible, and up-to-date coverage available. It examines the underlying causes of the conflict, individual and group motives, and the roles that countries around the world have played in the region, helping readers understand the history behind the current crisis. The final chapter has been completely rewritten to address developments through spring 2006."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

CHARLES D. SMITH is professor of Middle East history in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of Arizona. He has held numerous grants for research in the Middle East, was a Fulbright scholar in Egypt, and served as a member of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published scholarly articles on many topics, including Egyptian Islam, Anglo-French imperialism in the Middle East, and nationalism and identity. Author of Islam and the Search for Social Order in Modern Egypt, he is currently writing a study of Anglo-French relations and European imperial goals in the Middle East during World War I.

Table of Contents

The Middle East and Palestine to 1914 : an overview	p. 1
Ottoman society, Palestine, and the origins of Zionism, 1800-1914	p. 23
World War I, Great Britain, and the peace settlements, 1914-1921	p. 59
Palestine between the wars : Zionism, the Palestinian Arabs, and the British mandate, 1920-1939	p. 111
World War II and the creation of the state of Israel, 1939-1949	p. 170
The beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict : the search for security, 1949-1957	p. 226
From Suez to the six-day war, 1957-1967	p. 264
War and the search for peace in the Middle East, 1967-1976	p. 306
Lebanon, the West Bank, and the Camp David accords : the Palestinian equation in the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1977-1984	p. 354
From pariah to partner : the PLO and the quest for peace in global and regional contexts, 1984-1993	p. 406
Israeli-Palestinian/Arab negotiations and agreements, 1993-1999	p. 450
Image vs. reality : Camp David 2000, Palestinian rebellion, and Israeli unilateralism, 1999-2006	p. 499
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