Title:
Israel/ Palestine / Alan Dowty.
ISBN:
9781509554812
9781509554829
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Edition:
Fifth edition.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press, 2023.
Physical Description:
xiv, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Contents:
1. Introduction : Two Worlds Collide -- Dispelling Myths -- Defining the Conflict -- The Setting : Ottoman Palestine Before World War I -- 2. The Jewish Story to 1914 : A Fossilized Relic? -- The Theme of Persecution -- "Come, Let Us Go" -- Herzl and the Second Aliyah -- First Encounters -- 3. The Arab Story to 1914 -- The Glory of Islam -- The Rise of the West -- Palestine and Palestinism -- First Encounters -- The Debut of Arab Nationalism -- 4. The Emergence of Israel, 1914-1967 -- The British Mandate -- A Mischievous Pretence? -- Holocaust and Partition -- The War of Independence/An-Nakba : the Second Stage of the Conflict -- Nasser and Nationalism -- 5. The Re-emergence of the Palestinians, 1967-1988 -- The War that No One Wanted? -- The Peculiar Legacy of 1967 -- The Decade of Sadat : Entering the Third Stage of the Conflict -- The Lebanese Tangle -- Shaking Things Up : the First Intifada -- 6. The First Pass at Peace, 1988-2001 : The Oslo Breakthrough -- The Rocky Road to Peace -- What Went Wrong? -- The Roof Falls In -- 7. The Fourth Stage of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 2001-2009 -- The End of the Arafat Era -- Israel Turns to Unilateralism -- A Turning Point : Ideology Prevails -- 8. The Downward Spiral Since 2009 -- Palestinian Unilateralism -- The Arab Spring -- The Second Round in Gaza -- The Kerry Initiative -- Third Round in Gaza : the Gap Widens -- International Dimensions : Shifting Sands -- Divided Voices, Palestinian and Israeli -- Fourth round in Gaza -- 9. The Impasse that Remains -- The End of the Two-state Solution? ; Territory and Settlements ; Jerusalem ; Security Issues -- Refugees -- A General Prognosis -- 10. The Perfect Conflict -- Right against right? -- A Practical Solution -- Building Foundations : Extremists and Illusions -- Reflections.
Summary:
"A fully revised and updated new edition of this leading introduction to the Arab-Israeli conflict"-- Provided by publisher.
What explains the peculiar intensity and evident intractability of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Of all the "hot spots" in the world today, the apparently endless clash between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East seems unique in its longevity and resistance to resolution. Is this conflict really different from other ethnic and nationalist confrontations, and if so, in what way? In this fully revised and expanded fifth edition of his highly respected introductory text, Alan Dowty demystifies the conflict by putting it in broad historical perspective, identifying its roots, and tracing its evolution up to the current impasse. His account offers a clear analytic framework for understanding transformations over time, and in doing so, punctures the myths of an "age-old" conflict with an unbridgeable gap between the two sides. Rather than simply reciting historical detail, this book presents a clear overview that serves as a road map through the thicket of conflicting claims. Updated to include recent developments, such as the recent Israeli elections and the debate over the two-state solution, the new edition presents in full the opposed perspectives of the two sides, leaving readers to make their own evaluations of the issues. The book thus expresses fairly and objectively the concerns, hopes, fears, and passions of both sides, making it clear why this conflict is waged with such vehemence -- and how, for all that, the gap between the two sides has narrowed over time. -- Provided by publisher.
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OCLC Number:
on1350638412
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