عنوان

1948 : A History of the First Arab-Israeli War

Number

2216315

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

eng

Title Proper

1948 : A History of the First Arab-Israeli War

First Statement of Responsibility

Benny Morris

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Haven [Conn.]

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Yale University Press

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2008

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiv, 524 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps

Text of Note

E.Book: 25130.L

Text of Note

This 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 side—where the archives are still closed—is 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 Powers—Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union—in 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.

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-505) and index.

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Staking claims: the historical background -- The United Nations steps in: UNSCOP and the partition resolution -- The first stage of the civil war, November 1947--March 1948 -- The second stage of the civil war, April--mid-May 1948 -- The pan-Arab invasion, 15 May--11 June 1948 -- The first truce, 11 June--8 July 1948, and the international community, and the War -- The "ten days" and after -- Operations Yoav and Hiram -- Operation Horev, December 1948--January 1949 -- The armistice agreements, January--July 1949 -- Some conclusions.

Haganah (Organization)--History--20th century.

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.

Israel--History--1948-1967.

Palestine--History, Military--20th century.

Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948.

Palestine--History--1917-1948.

Israel--History, Military--20th century.

Israel--Politics and government--1948-1967.

Israel--Foreign relations--Arab countries.

Arab countries--Foreign relations--Israel.

Morris, Benny, 1948-