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Palestine 1948
War, Escape and the Emergence of the Palestinian Refugee Problem
| Yoav Gelber |
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| 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: Jewish–Transjordanian Relations, 1921–1948 (Frank Cass, 1997).
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NOW AVAILABLE IN PAPERBACK
“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 ‘Israel’s most significant and triumphal’ campaign against the Arabs … The book’s value lies in its shedding light on the loose alliances unfolding in the Middle East.” Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Oxford University Press
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
the Israeli reactions and policies that turned this temporary escape
into a long-lasting refugee problem. Emphasizing the different historical
and cultural perspectives of the adversaries and the context of
the war’s development, it criticizes the approach of the Israeli
“New Historians” who tend to isolate the refugee problem
from the broader issues of the war and treat it separately.
Includes a glossary of Arab/Israeli wartime operations
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Publication Details
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ISBN: |
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978-1-902210-67-4 h/b |
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978-1-84519-075-0 p/b |
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400 pp. / 229 x 152 mm |
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Release Date: |
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November 2000 h/b
December 2005 p/b |
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Hardback Price: |
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£49.50 / $75.00 |
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Paperback Price: |
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£22.50 / $35.00 |
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