Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - Haotian Xu - GoodreadsYou can't miss this book if you are looking to understand the "New" Israeli historians writing on Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Benny Morris is probably the most influential writer in the past few ... Read full review
Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - Dowl Phin - GoodreadsI first read The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe, one of the "Israeli New Historians" who looked at the archived materials from Cabinet meetings, politician diaries, Israel Defence Force ... Read full review
Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - Doug - GoodreadsProvided interesting and critical details on a subject of significant importance to me and on an issue vital to establishing the truth on a disputed historical subject still affecting the world today ... Read full review
Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - Tami Peterson - GoodreadsFor all this Morris is honest about atrocities committed by both sides in the course of the war and tries to hide nothing. It was a bloody, brutal conflict but likely no more so than the birth of any ... Read full review
Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - Andrew Pessin - GoodreadsFive stars for thoroughness -- battle by battle, tank by tank, twenty-five pounder by twenty-five pounder, dead person by dead person, this is about EVERYTHING you want to know about the war. But it ... Read full review
Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - Josh - GoodreadsMost balanced and objective book on the subject that I have read. I highly recommend it as it endeavors to avoid judgement calls but to tell the events as they occurred with as much scholarly disinterest as possible. Read full review
Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - D. Ennis - GoodreadsExcellent blend of historical detail and political reasoning behind the first war and establishment of the state. Read full review
Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - Zivan - GoodreadsThis is one of the more balanced accounts of the first Arab Israeli war you'll find. Morris may be an Israeli but he is very critical of Israel. Morris is the Historian that wrote The Birth of the ... Read full review
Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - Andy - GoodreadsA detailed account of the battles fought from late 1947 through early 1949 that began to define the Israeli state. The lack of cooperation amongst the Arab nations and the Palestinians combined with ... Read full review
Review: 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War
User Review - KM - GoodreadsAlthough the exhaustive details of battles and minor skirmishes can get tiring, the chapters on the lead up to the conflict, the depth of coverage on atrocities on both sides (but especially on the ... Read full review
