| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (285 pages) : maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge Middle East studies ; 15
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Cambridge Middle East studies ; 15.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chronology; Abbreviations; Preface to the second edition; Notes; Introduction; A fabric of myths; Arab states and Arab nationalism; A victor's privilege; Rewriting the PalestineWar; Notes; 1 The Palestinians and 1948: the underlying causes of failure; The Mandate and the failure of Palestinian institution formation; The failure of the politics of notables; The failure of the Arab revolt; Roots of "the Catastrophe"; Notes; 2 Revisiting the Palestinian exodus of 1948; Transfer thinking, 1937-1947. |
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Expulsion and atrocity in Operation Hiram, 1948Appendix: The Massacre of 14 Beduin Tribesmen in Eastern Galilee, 2 November 1948; Notes; 3 The Druze and the birth of Israel; The invention of a common past; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Israel and the Arab coalition in 1948; The military balance; The Hashemite connection; Neutralizing the Arab Liberation Army; The road to war; The invasion; The second round of ghting; Lull in the storm; The war against Egypt; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Jordan and 1948: the persistence of an offcial history; Jordanian loyalism versus Arab nationalism. |
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Towards a new Jordanian history of 1948The king and the Jews; Relations with Shukri al-Quwwatli (and the Arab League generally); Lydda and Ramla; Beersheba and the Egyptian withdrawal; The Armistice at Rhodes: the Negev and theTriangle; Conclusion; Notes; 6 Iraq and the 1948 War: mirror of Iraq's disorder; Prelude to war: 1946-1947; The year of war: 1948; The Jewish community in Iraq and 1948; Disengagement and withdrawal: 1949; Conclusion; Notes; 7 Egypt and the 1948 War: internal con ict and regional ambition; Arab-Egyptian historiography and the 1948War. |
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Why did Egypt intervene in Palestine?Military-civilian relations; The rst round of ghting, 15 May -- 10 June; The second round of fighting, 9 July -- 18 July; The second truce, 19 July -- 14 October; The third round of fighting, 15 October -- 5 November; The final round, December 1948 -- January 1949; Political consequences; Notes; 8 Syria and the Palestine War: fighting King 'Abdullah's "Greater Syria Plan"; The disloyalty and incompetence of the Syrian army; The separatist tendencies of the Druze; Jordan encircles Syria; Syria's alliance with Saudi Arabia and Egypt. |
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Syria and the Arab Liberation ArmyQuwwatli's moment of truth; The Syrian army in the PalestineWar; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Collusion across the Litani? Lebanon and the 1948 War; Lebanon and the National Pact; Lebanon and its army; War with Israel and the battle of Malikiyya; The Arab Liberation Army versus the Idf: Operations Dekel and Hiram; Conclusion; Notes; 10 Saudi Arabia and the 1948 Palestine War: beyond official history; Ibn Saud on Palestine: the quest for legitimacy, 1932-39; The scope for collective Arab action during the Second World War. |
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Saudi Arabia and the war in Palestine, 1947-48. |
| Summary |
The updated second edition of The War for Palestine presents the genesis of the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
| Access |
Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Israel-Arab War (1948-1949) |
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Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.
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Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Arab-Israeli conflict. |
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Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Historiography.
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Historiography. |
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Historiography.
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Arab-Israeli conflict -- Historiography. |
| Chronological Term |
1948-1949 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rogan, Eugene L.
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Shlaim, Avi.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: War for Palestine. 2nd ed. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521875981 0521875986 (DLC) 2008270251 (OCoLC)191732591 |
| ISBN |
9780511371356 (electronic book) |
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0511371357 (electronic book) |
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0511370881 (electronic book) |
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9780511370885 (electronic book) |
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0511369336 |
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9780511369339 |
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9780511370373 |
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0511370377 |
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9780521875981 |
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0521875986 |
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9780521699341 |
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0521699347 |
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