| Pappé beschreibt die Ereignisse und Mechanismen die zur Entstehung des Konflikts nach Ende des 2. Weltkriegs führten.
What were the origins of the long and bitter conflict which the historic accords between Israel and the PLO are designed to resolve? And what do the failed attempts to negotiate a lasting peace after the 1948 Arab-Israel war teach us of the stumbling blocks that may he in the path of the present peace process? This comprehensive, well-documented history covers the origins and growth of the Arab-Israeli conflict, the war, the truce agreements, the United Nations efforts at mediation and the Lausanne Conference for conciliation. Pappé fresh interpretation of the events of 1948 and their aftermath challenges prevailing views of their significance among both Israelis and Arabs and does much to demolish the myths and misconceptions surrounding the formation of the state of Israel. "[A]nyone looking for an authoritative
account of 1948 (...) should go straight to this book" - (Yezid Sayigh, Middle East International). "Based on deep knowledge of the primary and secondary sources in English, Arabic and Hebrew, this book provides a powerful synthesis of the revisionist literature on the causes and consequences of the first Arab-Israel war. (...) Pappé's aim is neither to provide a narrative of events nor to buttress one national version against another, but to explore the dynamics of the conflict.(...) In performing this task, Pappé has added significantly to our understanding of a formative period in the making of the Arab-Israel conflict" - (Avi Shlaim, London Review of Books). "This is an important book and especially relevant to the current process of Arab-Israeli negotiations" - (Leonard Geron, International Affairs). Ilan Pappé is Associate Professor of Middle East History at the University of Haifa, and academic head of the Institute of Peace in Israel. Ian Pappé: The Making of the Arab Israeli Conflict 1947-1951.
8°. 288 S. Pp. Routledge. London 1999. |
