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Palestine 1948, 2nd Edition: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
Yoav Gelber
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Description for Palestine 1948, 2nd Edition: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
Paperback. Num Pages: 436 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 654.
Since the 1970s, the Latin Based on new or newly interpreted Israeli, British and Arab documents, this book attempts to integrate present controversies concerning the development of the Jewish-Palestinian war from December 1947 to mid-May 1948 and the consecutive Israeli-Arab war. It follows the organization of both sides at the beginning of the war and the shaping of their respective war policies. Further, it describes the creation of the invading coalition and its disintegration in the wake of the Arab armies' military failure. The book stresses mainly the processes that led Palestinian society to its collapse and mass flight and ... Read more
Since the 1970s, the Latin Based on new or newly interpreted Israeli, British and Arab documents, this book attempts to integrate present controversies concerning the development of the Jewish-Palestinian war from December 1947 to mid-May 1948 and the consecutive Israeli-Arab war. It follows the organization of both sides at the beginning of the war and the shaping of their respective war policies. Further, it describes the creation of the invading coalition and its disintegration in the wake of the Arab armies' military failure. The book stresses mainly the processes that led Palestinian society to its collapse and mass flight and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
436
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845190750
SKU
V9781845190750
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About Yoav Gelber
Yoav Gelber is Professor of History at the University of Haifa and Head of the Herzl Institute for Research and Study of Zionism. He is the author of a number of books on Middle East affairs, including: Israeli-Jordanian Dialogue: Cooperation, Conspiracy, or Collusion? (Sussex Academic, 2004); and Jewish-Transjordanian Relations, 1921-1948 (Frank Cass, 1997).
Reviews for Palestine 1948, 2nd Edition: War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
"Recommended for its contribution to a continuing debate over a controversial issue..."
Choice. "There have been flashier histories of Israel's war of independence, and longer ones, but none as well informed, more sensible and more compelling than Gelber's magisterial account..."
Middle East Quarterly "Yoav Gelber's contribution to the literature on 1948 is useful for its detailed chronology of ... Read more
Choice. "There have been flashier histories of Israel's war of independence, and longer ones, but none as well informed, more sensible and more compelling than Gelber's magisterial account..."
Middle East Quarterly "Yoav Gelber's contribution to the literature on 1948 is useful for its detailed chronology of ... Read more