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The Arab-Israeli Conflict
The struggle between Arab and Jew over the same piece of land has been one of the world's most entrenched and bloody conflicts. This successful textbook sets out the basic arguments on each side, and traces their evolution. The third edition follows the story from Oct 2003 up to the present day, taking into account the death of Arafat, the implications of the recent Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, the realignment in Israeli politics, and Hamas's electoral victory.
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214 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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T.G. Fraser
21 books2 followersT.G. Fraser is Professor Emeritus at Ulster University, and is also a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, Royal Society of Arts, and the Royal Asiatic Society.
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December 28, 2015
Libro interessante che ripercorre, fin dalle origini, le fasi di questo sanguinoso conflitto che sembra non avere fine...in certi momenti, l'autore sembra limitarsi a fare una lista di eventi e, per la mole di informazioni presentate, è un volume adatto a chi ha già una discreta conoscenza della storia di quella regione e di alcuni dei personaggi chiave (ammetto la mia ignoranza visto che so molto poco della storia moderna di paesi quali Egitto, Siria, Libano e altri).
Sicuramente fornisce una panoramica storica esauriente, almeno fino all'anno 2003-2004, e fa luce su alcune delle dinamiche più importanti che hanno fatto da sfondo a questo conflitto e che hanno caratterizzato i rapporti nella zona Medio-orientale in generale, e tra Israele e Palestina in particolare.
Sicuramente fornisce una panoramica storica esauriente, almeno fino all'anno 2003-2004, e fa luce su alcune delle dinamiche più importanti che hanno fatto da sfondo a questo conflitto e che hanno caratterizzato i rapporti nella zona Medio-orientale in generale, e tra Israele e Palestina in particolare.
December 3, 2025
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December 22, 2012
Given the events of the past few months I decided I needed to know more about the Israel/Palestine issue than decades of panic TV coverage and random Time Magazine articles have given me.
Solution: walk into the relevant section of a research library and search for the thinnest volume that covers the last century while at least trying to present itself as coming from a neutral point of view. Fraser's book delivered.
This is a blow by blow account of the conflict running from the late 19th century emergence of modern Zionism and the weakening of the Ottoman Empire, through the close of WWI, the British Mandate, the interwar period, the Holocaust, settler vs. refugee chaos, and the 1948 establishment of Israel. It covers some of the major personalities involved, the broad fears & desires of each side, the international responses, the major wars, and the political back and forth of the last 60 yrs. Fraser manages to do all of this without ever making you feel as if he's trying to push the agenda of one group over another (no easy task). As a brisk, balanced and sweeping primer on a subject that has been analyzed from every possible angle in countless volumes for several decades, Fraser's book (part of the Palgrave/MacMillan "Studies in Contemporary History" series) gets the job done. You definitely won't be any kind of expert when you're done reading it, but the next time you hear a sound bite about the latest tussle in Jerusalem or the Gaza Strip you'll at least have a little historical context to draw on.
Solution: walk into the relevant section of a research library and search for the thinnest volume that covers the last century while at least trying to present itself as coming from a neutral point of view. Fraser's book delivered.
This is a blow by blow account of the conflict running from the late 19th century emergence of modern Zionism and the weakening of the Ottoman Empire, through the close of WWI, the British Mandate, the interwar period, the Holocaust, settler vs. refugee chaos, and the 1948 establishment of Israel. It covers some of the major personalities involved, the broad fears & desires of each side, the international responses, the major wars, and the political back and forth of the last 60 yrs. Fraser manages to do all of this without ever making you feel as if he's trying to push the agenda of one group over another (no easy task). As a brisk, balanced and sweeping primer on a subject that has been analyzed from every possible angle in countless volumes for several decades, Fraser's book (part of the Palgrave/MacMillan "Studies in Contemporary History" series) gets the job done. You definitely won't be any kind of expert when you're done reading it, but the next time you hear a sound bite about the latest tussle in Jerusalem or the Gaza Strip you'll at least have a little historical context to draw on.
February 12, 2024
Buon testo, capace di ripercorrere, su grandi linee, le intricate vicende del conflitto arabo-israeliano non tralasciando mai il ruolo di importanti attori esterni (Egitto, Giordania, Siria, Usa, Gran Bretagna, Francia...). Essendo stato scritto qualche anno fa, manca delle vicende contemporanee sulla questione.
December 9, 2018
Very good 'short' summary.
December 4, 2023
Prima, redelijk neutraal, overzicht van het conflict tot en met 2003
July 25, 2025
Il libro propone una buona sintesi a proposito delle vicenda sul suolo della Palestina. Gli eventi narrati vanno dalle origini del conflitto, fino all'operazione "margine protettivo".
April 3, 2007
Very good summary. Not too long but hits on all important events while framing them through their importance on what is happening now.
June 7, 2011
The book gives an overview of the formation of Israel.
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