Righteous Victims - A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1999 (Paperback, New edition)

A detailed account of the century-long struggle between Zionists and Palestinian Arabs that has destabilized the whole of the Middle East since the middle of the 20th century. This unique and tragic struggle between two conflicting nationalisms for the same small pice of territory has sucked in more and more states: it was first entangled with the interests of the British Empire, then with the fate of the Jews in Nazi-occupied Europe and finally, as Zionism became a worldwide rather than just a narrowly Russian and east European-based movement, the USA where it established deep roots after World War II and influenced American policy in the Middle East during the Cold War. It is still the world's greatest unresolved conflict. Even though some Arabs (especially the PLO and Syria) have come to accept that Israel is militarily indefatigable and have therefore grudgingly moved towards peace, many radical Arab states are not reconciled to a Jewish state in Palestine and it is not yet clear that either Israeli good will or ill-will will decisively temper or resolve this bitter hostility. (Kirkus UK)

At a time when the Middle East has come closer to achieving peace than ever before, eminent Israeli historian Benny Morris explodes the myths cherished by both sides to present an epic history of Zionist-Arab relations over the past 120 years.

Tracing the roots of political Zionism back to the pogroms of Russia and the Dreyfus Affair, Morris describes the gradual influx of Jewish settlers into Palestine and the impact they had on the Arab population. Following the Holocaust, the first Arab-Israeli war of 1948 resulted in the establishment of the State of Israel, but it also shattered Palestinian Arab society and gave rise to a massive refugee problem. Morris offers distinctive accounts of each of the subsequent Israeli-Arab wars and details the sporadic peace efforts in between, culminating in the peace process initiated by the Rabin Government. In a new afterword to the Vintage edition, he examines Ehud Barak’s leadership, the death of President Assad of Syria, and Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon, and the recent renewed conflict with the Palestinians. Studded with illuminating portraits of the major protagonists, Righteous Victims provides an authoritative record of the middle east and its continuing struggle toward peace.

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2001
First published:	August 2001
Authors:	Benny Morris
Dimensions:	203 x 132 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	784
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-679-74475-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Peace studies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Diplomacy
LSN:	0-679-74475-4
Barcode:	9780679744757

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