The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 539
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ISBN-10 : 9780226226149
ISBN-13 : 022622614X
Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict by : Steven L. Spiegel

The Other Arab-Israeli Conflict illuminates the controversial course of America's Middle East relations from the birth of Israel to the Reagan administration. Skillfully separating actual policymaking from the myths that have come to surround it, Spiegel challenges the belief that American policy in the Middle East is primarily a relation to events in that region or is motivated by bureaucratic constraints or the pressures of domestic politics. On the contrary, he finds that the ideas and skills of the president and his advisors are critical to the determination of American policy. This volume received the 1986 National Jewish Book Award.

A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 886
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ISBN-10 : 9781315509396
ISBN-13 : 1315509393
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by : Ian J. Bickerton

Concise and comprehensive, A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict presents balanced, impartial, and well-illustrated coverage of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors identify and examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the past century tying in a twenty-first century perspective. The seventh edition exposes readers to recent events in the Middle East. Altering relations between Israel and neighboring states, political and religious uncertainty as a result of the Arab Spring and the increased scrutiny of Iran's nuclear program are explored in this updated edition.

Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929

Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929
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Publisher : Brandeis University Press
Total Pages : 314
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ISBN-10 : 9781611688122
ISBN-13 : 1611688124
Rating : 4/5 (22 Downloads)

Synopsis Year Zero of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1929 by : Hillel Cohen

In late summer 1929, a countrywide outbreak of Arab-Jewish-British violence transformed the political landscape of Palestine forever. In contrast with those who point to the wars of 1948 and 1967, historian Hillel Cohen marks these bloody events as year zero of the Arab-Israeli conflict that persists today. The murderous violence inflicted on Jews caused a fractious - and now traumatized - community of Zionists, non-Zionists, Ashkenazim, and Mizrachim to coalesce around a unified national consciousness arrayed against an implacable Arab enemy. While the Jews unified, Arabs came to grasp the national essence of the conflict, realizing that Jews of all stripes viewed the land as belonging to the Jewish people. Through memory and historiography, in a manner both associative and highly calculated, Cohen traces the horrific events of August 23 to September 1 in painstaking detail. He extends his geographic and chronological reach and uses a non-linear reconstruction of events to call for a thorough reconsideration of cause and effect. Sifting through Arab and Hebrew sources - many rarely, if ever, examined before - Cohen reflects on the attitudes and perceptions of Jews and Arabs who experienced the events and, most significantly, on the memories they bequeathed to later generations. The result is a multifaceted and revealing examination of a formative series of episodes that will intrigue historians, political scientists, and others interested in understanding the essence - and the very beginning - of what has been an intractable conflict.

The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture

The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781107094420
ISBN-13 : 1107094429
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arab-Israeli Conflict in American Political Culture by : Jonathan Rynhold

This book surveys discourse and opinion in the United States toward the Arab-Israeli conflict since 1991. Contrary to popular myth, it demonstrates that U.S. support for Israel is not based on the pro-Israel lobby, but rather is deeply rooted in American political culture. That support has increased since 9/11. However, the bulk of this increase has been among Republicans, conservatives, evangelicals, and Orthodox Jews. Meanwhile, among Democrats, liberals, the Mainline Protestant Church, and non-Orthodox Jews, criticism of Israeli policies toward the Palestinians has become more vociferous. This book works to explain this paradox.

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780190625344
ISBN-13 : 0190625341
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by : Dov Waxman

No conflict in the world has lasted as long, generated as many news headlines, or incited as much controversy as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, despite, or perhaps because of, the degree of international attention it receives, the conflict is still widely misunderstood. While Israelis and Palestinians and their respective supporters trade accusations, many outside observers remain confused by the conflict's complexity and perplexed by the passion it arouses. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know® offers an even-handed and judicious guide to the world's most intractable dispute. Writing in an engaging, jargon-free Q&A format, Dov Waxman provides clear and concise answers to common questions, from the most basic to the most contentious. Covering the conflict from its nineteenth-century origins to the latest developments of the twenty-first century, this book explains the key events, examines the core issues, and presents the competing claims and narratives of both sides. Readers will learn what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about, how it has evolved over time, and why it continues to defy diplomatic efforts at a resolution.

The Movement and the Middle East

The Movement and the Middle East
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 1503610446
ISBN-13 : 9781503610446
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis The Movement and the Middle East by : Michael R. Fischbach

The Arab-Israeli conflict constituted a serious problem for the American Left in the 1960s: pro-Palestinian activists hailed the Palestinian struggle against Israel as part of a fundamental restructuring of the global imperialist order, while pro-Israeli leftists held a less revolutionary worldview that understood Israel as a paragon of democratic socialist virtue. This intra-left debate was in part doctrinal, in part generational. But further woven into this split were sometimes agonizing questions of identity. Jews were disproportionately well-represented in the Movement, and their personal and communal lives could deeply affect their stances vis-à-vis the Middle East. The Movement and the Middle East offers the first assessment of the controversial and ultimately debilitating role of the Arab-Israeli conflict among left-wing activists during a turbulent period of American history. Michael R. Fischbach draws on a deep well of original sources--from personal interviews to declassified FBI and CIA documents--to present a story of the left-wing responses to the question of Palestine and Israel. He shows how, as the 1970s wore on, the cleavages emerging within the American Left widened, weakening the Movement and leaving a lasting impact that still affects progressive American politics today.

Pathways to Peace

Pathways to Peace
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Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1137304790
ISBN-13 : 9781137304797
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Pathways to Peace by : D. Kurtzer

Recent upheavals in the Middle East are challenging long-held assumptions about the dynamics between the United States, the Arab world, and Israel. In Pathways to Peace, today's leading experts explain these changes in the region and their positive implications for the prospect of a sustained peace between Israel and the Arab World.

The Decline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Decline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 444
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ISBN-10 : 0791435377
ISBN-13 : 9780791435373
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis The Decline of the Arab-Israeli Conflict by : Avraham Sela

Addresses the inter-Arab dimension of Middle East politics and its impact on the Palestinian conflict.

The Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 264
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ISBN-10 : 9781137387455
ISBN-13 : 1137387459
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arab-Israeli Conflict by : Thomas Fraser

T. G. Fraser provides a balanced and thoughtful analysis of one of the most tragic conflicts in modern history. From the creation of Israel to the situation today, this text follows the key events and issues arising from the partition of Palestine. The major regional wars and Palestinian Intifadas are examined, with a particular focus on the series of crises over Gaza. This thoroughly updated edition features a new final chapter, covering events since 2007. It takes into account attempts by the USA to work towards a peace settlement, including John Kerry's initiative of 2013-14. These much-needed additions ensure that The Arab-Israeli Conflict remains an invaluable guide for students of the Middle East.

The Arab-Israeli Conflict

The Arab-Israeli Conflict
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9781317868798
ISBN-13 : 131786879X
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arab-Israeli Conflict by : Kirsten E. Schulze

In this fully revised new edition, Kirsten Schulze brings us to a new understanding of the causes, course and consequences of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Schulze analyses the dynamics of the violence and explores the numerous attempts at resolving the conflict. She assesses why, in the cases of Israel-Egypt in 1978 and Israel-Jordan in 1994, negotiations succeeded in bringing about a lasting peace and why, in the cases of Israel, and the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon, they failed to do so. Written in a clear and accessible style, this fully updated second edition: · Traces the origins of the conflict from their first intellectual roots in the 19th century. · Examines the actions and aims of the competing nationalist movements during the period of the British Mandate which led to the creation of the state of Israel. · Outlines and analyses each of the Arab-Israeli conflicts from the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 to the 2006 Lebanon war and the on-going, second Palestinian uprising With a diverse collection of documents and a Chronology, Glossary, Guide to Further Reading, and a Who’s Who summarizing the careers and contributions of the main figures, this book is absolutely vital to understanding the current Israeli-Palestinian violence, the intra-Palestinian rift between Hamas and Fatah, and why the Arab-Israeli conflict has become the centre of Muslim politics, both violent and non-violent, across the world.