V.1. Early Arab-Zionist negotiation attempts 1913-1931 -- V.2. Arab-Zionist negotations and the end of the mandate. -- V.3. The United Nations, the great powers, and Middle East peacemaking, 1948-1954. -- V.4. Operation Alpha and the Failure of Anglo-American Coercive Diplomacy in the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1954-1956.