Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History with Documents

About this book

Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict provides a comprehensive balanced and accessible introduction to the multi-faceted history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Smiths widely respected analysis examines how underlying issues group motives religious and cross-cultural clashes diplomacy and imperialism and encroaching modernity shaped this volatile region. The books narrative and supporting documents maps photographs and chronologies consider high and low politics with perspectives from all sides of the struggle while the final chapters include the latest developments.