Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-227) and index.
Contents
Palestinians and 1948 : the underlying causes of failure / Rashid Khalidi -- Revisiting the Palestinian exodus of 1948 / Benny Morris -- Druze and the birth of Israel / Laila Parsons -- Israel and the Arab coalition in 1948 / Avi Shlaim -- Jordan and 1948 : the persistence of an official history / Eugene L. Rogan -- Iraq and the 1948 War : mirror of Iraq's disorder / Charles Tripp -- Egypt and the 1948 War : internal conflict and regional ambition / Fawaz A. Gerges -- Syria and the Palestine War : fighting King ʻAbdullah's "Greater Syria plan" / Joshua Landis -- Afterword : the consequences of 1948 / Edward W. Said.