A History of the Arab–Israeli Conflict

Ian J. Bickerton, Carla L. Klausner

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN: 9781032004952
• eBook ISBN: 9781000600285
• Edition: 9
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: 20th Century History
• Index: History

Comprehensive and analytical, A History of the Arab–Israeli Conflict presents a balanced and impartial overview of this centuries-old struggle.

Taking a clear and chronological approach to this complex subject, and placing events in the context of their longer-term histories, Ian J. Bickerton and Carla L. Klausner examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the course of its history, bringing the coverage up to date with a twenty-first-century perspective. Starting in the nineteenth century, the book moves through the British Mandate, World War II, and the proclamation of the state of Israel, the widening and deepening conflict and attempts at a peace process, the impacts of 9/11 and the Arab Spring, and finally it discusses events to the end of 2021. In a completely revised Conclusion the authors examine how we interpret many of the startling, rapidly changing, and somewhat unpredictable events of the last five years.

Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs, updated maps, tables, and chronologies for each chapter, together with extensive relevant and up-to-date documentary sources, further reading, and a glossary of key terms, it is the ideal textbook for all students of the history of the modern Middle East.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables and Charts
• List of Maps
• List of Documents
• Preface to the Ninth Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Palestine in the Nineteenth Century
• Chapter 2 Palestine During the Mandate
• Chapter 3 World War II, Jewish Displaced Persons, and the Partition of Palestine
• Chapter 4 The Proclamation of Israel and First Arab–Israeli War
• Chapter 5 The Conflict Widens: Suez, 1956
• Chapter 6 The Turning Point: June 1967
• Chapter 7 Holy Days and Holy War: October 1973
• Chapter 8 The Search for Peace: 1973–1979
• Chapter 9 Lebanon and the Intifada
• Chapter 10 The Peace of the Brave
• Chapter 11 The Peace Progresses
• Chapter 12 Collapse of the Peace Process
• Chapter 13 The Arab–Israeli Conflict in the Post-9/11 World
• Chapter 14 Perilous Times: 2006–2009
• Chapter 15 Dramatic Events: 2010–2013
• Chapter 16 Years of Increasing Turbulence and Uncertainty: 2013–2021
• Conclusion
• Glossary
• Index