1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War

by Benny Morris

Book Overview

Benny Morris demolishes misconceptions and provides a comprehensive history of the Israeli-Arab war of 1948

This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Benny Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300151128
• ISBN13: 9780300151121
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"