
- 320 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The surprise 2023 Hamas-Israel war has completely changed the central conflict in the Middle East. As the conflict has expanded to take in other regional players, the future of Israel as a regional superpower is now in doubt, as is the international system.This essential book looks at the immediate background to the 2023 war and asks whether the international system can contain two simultaneous wars in Europe and the Levant.It covers the wars won and partly lost by Israel, in 1948 and 1973; the rise of Hamas and fall of the PLO; how Hamas took the Israelis by surprise; Hezbollah, the West Bank and Syria joined the fight; the role of the regional powers; the war's impact on Israel's society, economy and the IDF; and how the conflict impacts the whole region's relationships with the west.
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Table of contents
- Praise
- Title Page
- Contents
- Timeline
- Dramatis Personae
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Hubris
- Chapter Two: The Context
- Chapter Three: 7 October
- Chapter Four: The Gaza Front
- Chapter Five: The Northern Front: Lebanon
- Chapter Six: The Eastern Front: The West Bank
- Chapter Seven: The Naval War
- Chapter Eight: The Syrian Front
- Chapter Nine: The Iraqi Connection
- Chapter Ten: Friends and Neighbours
- Chapter Eleven: Israelās Home Front
- Chapter Twelve: Iran: The Centre of the Warās Gravity?
- Chapter Thirteen: Media and Propaganda
- Chapter Fourteen: Whither Palestine?
- Chapter Fifteen: Hamas: Context and Future
- Chapter Sixteen: Back to the Future
- Chapter Seventeen: Peace or Forever War?
- Chapter Eighteen: Hope
- Afterword
- Appendix A: Attempted Peace Deals
- Appendix B: IsraelāGaza Conflicts
- Appendix C: Where Does Israel Get its Weapons From?
- Appendix D: Britainās Dirty and Secret War in Yemen
- Appendix E: The Body Count in Gaza
- Glossary
- Select Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- Copyright