| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 524 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-505) and index. |
| Contents |
Staking claims: the historical background -- The United Nations steps in: UNSCOP and the partition resolution -- The first stage of the civil war, November 1947--March 1948 -- The second stage of the civil war, April--mid-May 1948 -- The pan-Arab invasion, 15 May--11 June 1948 -- The first truce, 11 June--8 July 1948, and the international community, and the War -- The "ten days" and after -- Operations Yoav and Hiram -- Operation Horev, December 1948--January 1949 -- The armistice agreements, January--July 1949 -- Some conclusions. |
| Summary |
This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. Besides the military account, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Historian Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation. The Arab side--where the archives are still closed--is illuminated with the help of intelligence and diplomatic materials. Morris stresses the jihadi character of the two-stage Arab assault on the Jewish community in Palestine. He examines the dialectic between the war's military and political developments and highlights the military impetus in the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. He looks both at high politics and general staff decision-making and at the nitty-gritty of combat in the battles that resulted in the emergence of the State of Israel and the humiliation of the Arab world--a humiliation that underlies the continued Arab antagonism toward Israel.--From publisher description. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Haganah (Organization) -- History -- 20th century.
|
|
Haganah (Organization) (OCoLC)fst00541578
|
|
Israel-Arab War (1948-1949) (OCoLC)fst00980263
|
|
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.
|
|
HISTORY -- General.
|
|
HISTORY / Middle East / Israel.
|
|
Diplomatic relations. (OCoLC)fst01907412
|
|
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
|
|
Arab countries. (OCoLC)fst01240128
|
|
Israel. (OCoLC)fst01204236
|
|
Middle East -- Palestine.
(OCoLC)fst01207534
|
|
Israelisch-Arabischer Krieg (1948-1949)
|
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
|
|
Geschichte
|
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
|
|
Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
|
|
Electronic books.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Morris, Benny, 1948- 1948. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c2008 9780300126969 0300126964 (DLC) 2007027380 (OCoLC)152580991 |
| Standard No. |
9786612089497 |
| ISBN |
9780300145243 (electronic bk.) |
|
0300145241 (electronic bk.) |
