Contested Land, Contested Memory: Israel's Jews and Arabs and the Ghosts of Catastrophe

By Jo Roberts

Book Overview

The Holocaust and the Nakba ("Catastrophe," Palestinian Israelis' name for the War of Independence) both marked Israel's founding, and these two world-changing events continue to form the generations who have followed. This book shows how these complex histories play out in the lives of Jewish and Palestinian Israelis today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1459710118
• ISBN13: 9781459710115
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"