An engaging, interpretive, thematically composed introduction to this intractable conflict for students and general readers.
1The land and its lure12Cultures of nationalism143Zionism and the colonization of Palestine464World War I and the Palestine mandate765From nationalism in Palestine to Palestinian nationalism926From the great revolt through the 1948 war1167Zionism and Palestinian nationalism : a closer look1448The Arab-Israeli conflict1659The Palestinian national movement comes of age19610The rise and fall of the Oslo accord228