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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis magnum opus is a readable and compelling work of scholarship. Even those skeptical of the thesis must reckon with this comprehensive, chronological review of events. An excellent volume for anyone seeking to understand why the conflict continues. * S. Waalkes, CHOICE *
Mythologies Without End provides an excellent overview of the attitudes common among Israel skeptics... Israel's supporters who read it will better understand these critics and can have more fruitful conversations with them about the United States and Israel. * Mike Watson, Hudson Institute, National Review *
Slater offers formidable evidence that Zionist and Israeli policy toward the Arabs has been far more aggressive than prevailing narratives indicate.. Myths to the contrary play a pernicious role in Israeli and American politics and policymaking today, and dispelling these myths is a precondition for progress toward peace. This is a landmark volume, essential reading for all students of the Israel-Arab conflict. * Stephen Van Evera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology *
An impressively thorough, eminently fair, and utterly persuasive account of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the reasons for its persistence. Slater's research demolishes longstanding and widely-held beliefs about why this conflict has festered. This book is essential reading for anyone wanting to understand how this destructive confrontation has taken the course it has and where responsibility for this tragedy lies. * Paul R. Pillar, former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia *
Tackling many of the myths that have surrounded the Arab-Israeli conflict since its inception, Slater's ambitious work sets out to sort fact from fiction. The result is a well-documented book on the many crucial moments in this conflict, ending with a strongly argued case that the Israelis, in particular, need to come to a more honest reckoning with the past if they are to achieve real peace with their neighbors. This is a valuable book, one where it pays to read the many useful footnotes. * William B. Quandt, University of Virginia *
This is a critical and bold reassessment of the American involvement in the Israel/Palestine question. It's an essential read for anyone interested in learning about the past failures of American policy for the sake of a more constructive and honest involvement in the future. * Ilan Pappe, University of Exeter, UK *
Slater has done a brilliant job of exposing and demolishing the many myths that shape the discourse in the West about the Israel-Palestine conflict. What makes Slater's book so powerful, is that he cares greatly about Israel. But unlike so many of Israel's supporters, he believes that facing up to the truth about the past is in Israel's interest. * John J. Mearsheimer, University of Chicago *
This penetrating study is a work of fundamental importance. Distinguished by fierce honesty and trenchant analysis, it is based on decades of research into the Arab-Israeli conflicts and the US role in them.It deserves a wide audience among both specialists and general readers. * David Hendrickson, author of Republic in Peril *
Table of ContentsCh. 1: Introduction Part 1: The Arab-Israeli Conflict: Origins and Early Years Ch. 2: Zionism Reconsidered Ch. 3: The Onset of the Conflict, 1917-1947 Ch. 4: The Creation of The State of Israel, 1947-48 Ch. 5: Explaining U.S. Policies Towards Israel Part II. War and Peace in the Arab-Israeli State Conflict, 1948-2018 Ch. 6: The 1948 War Ch. 7: Lost Opportunities for Peace, 1949-56 Ch. 8: Israel, Egypt, and the 1956 Suez War Ch. 9: From War to War, 1956-1967 Ch. 10: The Cold War and the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1967-1974 Ch. 11: The Israeli Peace Treaties With Egypt and Jordan Ch. 12: The Lebanon Wars Ch. 13: The Israeli-Syrian Conflict, 1973-2018 Part III. War and Peace in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Ch. 14: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, 1917-1982 Ch. 15: The Rise and Fall of the Peace Process, 1975-1999 Ch. 16: The Peace Process Resumed: Camp David and Taba, 2000-2001 Ch. 17: The Israeli Occupation and Palestinian Resistance, 2001-2008 Ch. 18. Israel, the "Siege of Gaza" and the Evolution of Hamas, 2008-2014 Ch. 19: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, Last Gasps, 2001-16 Ch. 20: The Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian Conflicts in the Netanyahu-Trump Era 2017-2020 Ch. 21: Summary and Conclusions Epilogue Notes Index
