This highly-regarded history gives a balanced and judicious introduction to this immensely complex and controversial subject, weaving different strands of the story into a single coherent narrative, thus making it essential reading for all students studying conflict in the Middle East. Of all the troubles affecting the modern world few are as topical, deep rooted and intractable as the Arab-Israeli conflict. For this region, an understanding of the past is vital to an understanding of the present. Ritchie Ovendale’s classic study of the roots of the conflict is now updated for a fourth time and considers events until 2003.
Chapter 1. ‘The Jewish State’ versus ‘the Arab Awakening’
Chapter 2. Two Pledges and the Origins of a Conflict
Chapter 3. The Division of the Middle East and the Roots of War
Chapter 4. British Paramountcy over Arabs and Zionists
Chapter 5. The United States and the Jewish State Movement
Chapter 6. The Arab and Zionist Cases in British and American Eyes
Chapter 7. The Recognition of Israel and War
Chapter 8. Realignment and Change
Chapter 9. The Suez-Sinai War of 1956
Chapter 10. Towards the June 1967 War
Chapter 11. Attrition, and the October War
Chapter 12. Camp David and the War in Lebanon
Chapter 13. The Palestinian Uprising
Chapter 15. The Second Palestinian Uprising