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The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World
Avi Shlaim
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Description for The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World
Paperback. In the 1920s, hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the 'Iron Wall': negotiations with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength, and only when sufficiently strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours. This book focuses on Israeli foreign policy. Num Pages: 944 pages, 16 b/w inset. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBX; 3JJP; HBJF1; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 163 x 50. Weight in Grams: 666.
Avi Shlaim's The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World is the outstanding book on Israeli foreign policy, now thoroughly updated with a new preface and chapters on Israel's most recent leaders
In the 1920s, hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the 'Iron Wall': negotiations with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength, and only when sufficiently strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours.
This doctrine, argues Avi Shlaim, became central to Israeli policy; dissenters were marginalized and many opportunities to reconcile with Palestinian Arabs were lost. Drawing on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
944
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141033228
SKU
9780141033228
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About Avi Shlaim
Avi Shlaim was born in Baghdad and grew up in Israel. He is now a Professor of International Relations at St Antony's College, Oxford. His previous books include Collusion Across the Jordan (winner of the 1998 Political Studies Association's W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize); The Politics of Partition; War and Peace in the Middle East; Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World ... Read more
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