1948 : a history of the first Arab-Israeli war
Benny Morris (Author)
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
History
1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
9780300145243, 9781282352087, 9781282089495, 9786612352089, 9786612089497, 0300145241, 1282352083, 1282089498, 6612352086, 6612089490
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Staking claims: the historical background
The United Nations steps in: UNSCOP and the partition resolution
The first stage of the civil war, November 1947
March 1948
The second stage of the civil war, April
mid-May 1948
The pan-Arab invasion, 15 May
11 June 1948
The first truce, 11 June
8 July 1948, and the international community, and the War
The "ten days" and after
Operations Yoav and Hiram
Operation Horev, December 1948
January 1949
The armistice agreements, January
July 1949
Some conclusions
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
English