The Arab-Israeli conflict /
Kirsten E. Schulze
- 2nd edition
- Harlow, England : Pearson Longman, 2008
- xxxiv, 173 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm.
- Seminar studies in history .
- Seminar studies in history .
Includes bibliographical references and index
The origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict The 1948 War The 1956 Suez-Sinai Campaign The 1967 Six Day War The 1973 October War The Egyptian-Israeli peace process The 1982 Lebanon War The Intifada From Madrid to the Second Intifada: Israeli-Palestinian negotiations Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, 1994-2007 Towards conflict resolution
This introductory text covers contemporary issues in Arab-Israeli relations. It looks at the origins of the conflict in the late 19th century, and provides a chronological treatment from the 1948 war through to the peace process in the 1990s. In this fully revised new edition, Kirsten Schulze brings us to a new understanding of the causes, course and consequences of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. Schulze analyses the dynamics of the violence and explores the numerous attempts at resolving the conflict. She assesses why, in the cases of Israel-Egypt in 1978 and Israel-Jordan in 1994, negotiations succeeded in bringing about a lasting peace and why, in the cases of Israel, and the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon, they failed to do so. Written in a clear and accessible style, this fully updated second edition: . Traces the origins of the conflict from their first intellectual roots in the 19th century. . Examines the actions and aims of the competing nationalist movements during the period of the British Mandate which led to the creation of the state of Israel. . Outlines and analyses each of the Arab-Israeli conflicts from the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 to the 2006 Lebanon war and the on-going, second Palestinian uprising With a diverse collection of documents and a Chronology, Glossary, Guide to Further Reading, and a Who s Who summarizing the careers and contributions of the main figures, this book is absolutely vital to understanding the current Israeli-Palestinian violence, the intra-Palestinian rift between Hamas and Fatah, and why the Arab-Israeli conflict has become the centre of Muslim politics, both violent and non-violent, across the world