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The Palestine-Israel conflict : a basic introduction
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The Palestine-Israel conflict : a basic introduction

Author: Gregory Harms; Todd M Ferry
Publisher: London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto, 2005.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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[This book] provides the student and general reader with a comprehensive yet clear and easy rendering of not only the conflict, but the entire history of the region (Canaan and Palestine). By including the ancient background, the common assumption that the Israelis and Palestinians have been "fighting for thousands of years" is put to rest. Broken up into three sections -- Background History, Pre-Conflict, and  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Gregory Harms; Todd M Ferry
ISBN: 0745323790 9780745323794 0745323782 9780745323787
OCLC Number: 58999241
Description: xx, 230 p. : maps ; 21 cm.
Contents: Ancient history : Canaan-Palestine from the first foot falls to Rome / by Todd M. Ferry -- Muhammad, Islam, and the Arab empire -- The Crusades and the Ottoman empire -- Jewish persecution and Zionism -- Palestine -- World War I to World War II : the genesis of conflict -- 1947-1967 : conflict : partition, Israeli statehood, and the Six-Day War -- The 1970s to Lebanon 1982 : the continuation of the Arab-Israeli conflict -- The Intifada and the peace process -- Current history : Camp David II to the Road Map -- Appendices. Chronology ; Israel's prime ministers ; Israel, Palestine : data.
Responsibility: Gregory Harms with Todd M. Ferry.
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[This book] provides the student and general reader with a comprehensive yet clear and easy rendering of not only the conflict, but the entire history of the region (Canaan and Palestine). By including the ancient background, the common assumption that the Israelis and Palestinians have been "fighting for thousands of years" is put to rest. Broken up into three sections -- Background History, Pre-Conflict, and Conflict -- the reader is walked through Ancient Israel, Muhammad and Islam, and on through two world wars and up to the current situation covered on the evening news. In addition to the brief history, the reader is also provided with further direction, such as detailed citing of sources, and suggested reading lists and resources ... -Publisher description.

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