The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories

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<i>The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories</i> providesnon-specialist readers with an introduction and historical overviewof the issues that have characterized and defined 130 years of thestill unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict. <ul><li>Provides a fresh attempt to break away from polemicalapproaches that have undermined academic discussion and politicaldebates</li><li>Focuses on a series of core arguments that the author considersessentially unwinnable</li><li>Introduces readers to the major historiographical debatessparked by the dispute</li><li>Encourages readers to consider more useful ways of explainingand understanding the conflict, and to go beyond trying to provewho is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’</li></ul><p>"This volume suggests a fresh and original interpretation to thehistory of the Arab Israeli conflict. Caplan juggles skillfully andeven-handedly between the two narratives, reflecting theparties’ own views without embracing the cause of anyparty."<br />–<b>Joseph Nevo</b>, University of Haifa</p><p>"An impressive and very valuable work. One could not ask for abetter short history of the conflict. Caplan offers readers a studythat is extremely well-informed, resolutely fair-minded, and filledwith thoughtful insights."<br />–<b>Mark Tessler</b>, University of Michigan</p>