1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli WarThis history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Benny Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation. The Arab sidewhere the archives are still closedis 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. Throughout, he examines the dialectic between the war's military and political developments and highlights the military impetus in the creation of the refugee problem, which was a by-product of the disintegration of Palestinian Arab society. The book thoroughly investigates the role of the Great PowersBritain, the United States, and the Soviet Unionin shaping the conflict and its tentative termination in 1949. Morris looks both at high politics and general staff decision-making processes and at the nitty-gritty of combat in the successive 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. |
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Comentário do usuário - twp77 - LibraryThingMorris does a good job of exploring the various battles of the 1948 war in minute detail including excellent maps which make the troop movements, take overs and losses easy to follow, even for someone ... Ler resenha completa
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Comentário do usuário - bobbrussack - LibraryThing"Realpolitik," according to Wikipedia, "refers to politics or diplomacy based primarily on practical considerations, rather than ideological notions." In the Middle East, of course, politics is ... Ler resenha completa
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3 The First Stage of the Civil War November 1947March 1948 | 75 |
4 The Second Stage of the Civil War AprilmidMay 1948 | 113 |
5 The PanArab Invasion 15 May11 June 1948 | 180 |
6 The First Truce 11 June8 July 1948 the International Community and the War | 264 |
Illustrations | 272 |
7 The Ten Days and After | 273 |
8 Operations Yoav and Hiram | 320 |
9 Operation Horev December 1948January 1949 | 350 |
10 The Armistice Agreements JanuaryJuly 1949 | 375 |
11 Some Conclusions | 392 |
Notes | 4-21 |
Bibliography | 493 |
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