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Author:

Morris, Benny, 1948-

Title:

1948 : a history of the first Arab-Israeli war / Benny Morris.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

544 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Haganah (Organization)--History--20th century.
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949.
Palestine--History, Military--20th century.
Palestine--Politics and government--1917-1948.
Palestine--History--1917-1948.
Israel--History, Military--20th century.
Israel--Politics and government--1948-1967.
Israel--History--1948-1967.
Israel--Foreign relations--Arab countries.
Arab countries--Foreign relations--Israel.

Notes:

Originally published: 2008. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Nineteen hundred and forty-eight

Summary:

This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict gives an account of both the military engagements and the war's political dimension. The author probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation.

ISBN:

0300151128 (pbk.)
9780300151121 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)262432322

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)