1948 : a history of the first Arab-Israeli war /
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1948 : a history of the first Arab-Israeli war /

This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. Besides the military account, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Historian Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened...

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Main Author: Morris, Benny, 1948-
Format: Online Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2008.
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Summary:This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. Besides the military account, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Historian Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation. The Arab side--where the archives are still closed--is illuminated with the help of intelligence and diplomatic materials. Morris stresses the jihadi character of the two-stage Arab assault on the Jewish community in Palestine. He examines the dialectic between the war's military and political developments and highlights the military impetus in the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. He looks both at high politics and general staff decision-making and at the nitty-gritty of combat in the battles that resulted in the emergence of the State of Israel and the humiliation of the Arab world--a humiliation that underlies the continued Arab antagonism toward Israel.--From publisher description.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages, [16] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-505) and index.
ISBN:9780300145243
0300145241
1282352083
9781282352087
1282089498
9781282089495
9780300126969
0300126964
Access:JSTOR Electronic access restricted to Villanova University patrons.