Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-1998
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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. New York Times Book Review - Ethan Bronner A significant history of Zionism.... A first-class work of history, bringing together the latest scholarship. It is likely to stand for some time as the most sophisticated and nuanced account of the Zionist-Arab conflict from its beginnings in the 1880's....Morris is almost never judgmental and takes great pains to show complexity, coincidence and skepticism.
AcknowledgmentsPreface1Palestine on the Eve32The Beginning of the Conflict: Jews and Arabs in Palestine, 1881-1914373World War I, the Balfour Declaration, and the British Mandate674The Arabs Rebel1215World War II and the First Arab-Israeli War, 1939-4916161949-19562597The Six-Day War, 19673028The War of Attrition3479The October War, 197338710The Israeli-Egyptian Peace, 1977-7944411The Lebanon War, 1982-8549412The Intifada56113Peace at Last?61114Ehud Barak's 19 Months652Conclusions676Notes695Selected Bibliography737Index753
