{"product_id":"the-israelpalestine-conflict-9781119523871","title":"The IsraelPalestine Conflict","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the 10 Must-Read Histories of the Palestine-Israel Conflict\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Black\u003c\/b\u003e, Literary Hub, on the 100\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003eanniversary of the Balfour Declaration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new edition of the acclaimed text that explores the issues continuing to define the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNumerous instances of competing, sometimes incompatible narratives of controversial events are found throughout history. Perhaps the starkest example of such contradictory representations is the decades-long conflict between Israel and Palestine. For over 140 years, Israelis, Palestinians, and scores of peacemakers have failed to establish a sustainable, mutually-acceptable solution.\u003ci\u003eThe Israel-Palestine Conflict\u003c\/i\u003eintroduces the historical basis of the dispute and explores both the tangible issues and intangible factors that have blocked a peaceful resolution. Author Neil Caplan helps readers understand the complexities and contradictions of the conflict and why the histories of P\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Maps xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on Sources xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Problems in Defining the Conflict \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat’s in a Name? 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLoaded Terminology 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDates and Periodization 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Ongoing Conflict: Tractable or Intractable? 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConflict Resolution or Conflict Management? 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Other” Arab–Israeli Conflict 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdvocacy and Censure 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Defining the Conflict, Nevertheless \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho are the Conflicting Parties? 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat are the Main Issues in Contention among the Parties to the Conflict? 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompeting Narratives: Right versus Right, Victim versus Victim 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWays of Visualizing the Conflict 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalogies and Parables 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Conflict in Comparative Perspective: Three Paradigms 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Histories in Contention \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e43\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Background to 1917: Origins of Conflict \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAncient Ties and Historical Memories 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Encounters: 1880s–1914 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Unseen Question? 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eColonialism and Nationalism 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVictims versus Victims 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Arabs and Jews under the British Mandate: Entrenching Positions, 1917–1928 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWartime Commitments: Palestine as the “Much Too Promised Land”? 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritain’s “Dual Obligation” 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mandate and Its Implementation: Cycle of Protests and Inquiry Commissions 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClashes and Confrontations during the Early Years of the Mandate 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eZionist Responses to Palestinian–Arab Opposition 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Making the Desert Bloom” 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Deceptive Lull 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Collapse of the Mandate: Rebellion, Partition, White Paper, 1929–1939 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRadicalization of Palestinian Politics 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Strike and Rebellion, 1936 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurning Point: The (Peel) Royal Commission 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRetreat from Partition 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Resort to Force: Violence, Terrorism, and National Struggles 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 \u003ci\u003eShoah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAtzma’ut\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNakba: \u003c\/i\u003e1939–1949 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Holocaust and Jewish Immigration to Palestine 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Anglo–American Committee of Inquiry 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUNSCOP and the Creation of Israel 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWar: \u003ci\u003eAtzma’ut \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNakba \u003c\/i\u003e115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNakba \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eShoah\u003c\/i\u003e: Victims versus Victims, Once Again 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Israel and the Arab States, 1949–1973 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e133\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Palestinian Issue after 1949 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Armistice to Non‐Peace 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLow‐Intensity Border Warfare, 1949–1956 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom War to War, I (1949–1956) 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom War to War, II (1957–1967) 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom War to War, III (1967–1973) 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Back to the Core: Israel and the Palestinians \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrimal Fears, New Militancy 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Re‐Emergence of the Palestinian National Movement after 1967 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Palestine Question at the United Nations 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 From Camp David to the West Bank to Lebanon \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCamp David and the Israel–Egypt Peace Process 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe West Bank and Gaza after Camp David 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperation “Peace for Galilee”: Israel Invades Lebanon, 1982 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRighteous Victimhood in the 1980s 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 From Mutual Boycott to Mutual Recognition, 1982–1995 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeace Plans and Planting Seeds 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First \u003ci\u003eIntifada \u003c\/i\u003eand the Gulf War, 1987–1991 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMadrid and Oslo: A New Peace Process 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 From Breakthrough to Breakdown, 1995–2018 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e219\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinuing Diplomatic Efforts 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Al‐Aqsa \u003ci\u003eIntifada \u003c\/i\u003e223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanges in the Geo‐Strategic Environment 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Gaza Wars, Three Blueprints for Peace 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Annapolis Process and Kerry’s Shuttle Diplomacy 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Towards a More Useful Discussion of the Arab–Israeli Conflict \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Writing about the Conflict \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e245\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Shortcomings of “Myths versus Facts” 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObjectivity and Bias in Academe 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholars and Activists 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsrael’s “New Historians” 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMissed Opportunities 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrends in Palestinian and Israeli Historiography 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Grappling with the Obstacles \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIssues versus Rights 277\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shape of the Future: What “Solutions”? 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnwinnable Core Arguments 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRighteous Victimhood 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImagining Dialogue 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReducing Some Obstacles to Understanding the Conflict 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTelling It Like It Is 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology 305\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 355\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default 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