The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Routledge Historical Atlases)
by Martin Gilbert
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The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict traces not only the tangled and bitter history of the Arab-Jewish struggle from the early twentieth century to the present, including the death of Yasser Arafat and recent proposals for compromise and co-operation, it also illustrates the current moves towards finding peace, and the efforts to bring the horrors of the fighting to an end through negotiation and agreed boundaries. In 227 maps, the complete history of the conflict is revealed, show more including: The Prelude and Background to the Conflict - from the presence of Jews in Palestine before the Arab conquest to the attitude of Britain to the Arabs and Jews since 1915 The Jewish National Home - from the early Jewish settlement and the Zionist plan for Palestine in 1919 to the involvement of the Arab world from 1945 to the present day The Intensification of the Conflict - from the Arab response to the United Nations partition plan of November 1947 to the declaration of Israeli independence in May 1948 The State of Israel - from the Israeli War of Independence and the Suez and Six Day Wars to the October War (the Yom Kippur War), the first and second intifadas, the suicide-bomb campaign, the Israel-Hezbollah War of 2006, Operation Cast lead against the Gaza Strip in 2009, the Gaza Flotilla of 2012 and Nakba Day 2011 The Moves to find Peace - from the first and second Camp David talks and the death of Arafat, to the continuing search for peace, including the Annapolis Conference, 2007, the work of the Quartet Emissary, Tony Blair 2007-2011, and the ongoing Palestinian search for statehood. show lessTags
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A powerful visual history of the arab-israeki conflict
NO OF PAGES: 146 SUB CAT I: Arab-Israeli Conflict SUB CAT II: Reference SUB CAT III: History DESCRIPTION: This unique atlas offers a comprehensive visual history of the age-old Arab-Israeli conflict, spanning from the early history of the region (c. 1000 B.C.E) to the foundation of the state of Israel, the Intifada, and the peace initiatives of the 1990s.NOTES: SUBTITLE: The complete history of the struggle and the efforts to resolve it
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190+ Works 16,735 Members
Martin Gilbert was born in London, England on October 25, 1936. He was sent to Canada during World War II, but returned on a liner bringing American troops to Britain in preparation for D-day. After national service in the intelligence corps, he was educated at Magdalen College at Oxford. He graduated from Oxford in 1960 and wrote his first book show more entitled The Appeasers. In 1961, after a year of research and writing, he was asked to join a team of researchers working for Winston Churchill. At the age of 25, he was formally inducted into the team, doing all of his own research. Gilbert became known as Churchill's official biographer, but he also wrote books on the Holocaust, the first and second world wars, and Jewish history. During his lifetime, he wrote over 80 books including Winston Churchill, Auschwitz and the Allies, The Holocaust: The Jewish Tragedy, The Jews of Hope: The Plight of Soviet Jewry Today, Shcharansky: Hero of Our Time, Letters to Auntie Fori: The 5,000-Year History of the Jewish People and Their Faith, and In Search of Churchill. He died after a long illness on February 3, 2015 at the age of 78. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Important places
- Israel; West Bank; Gaza; Jordan; Syria; Lebanon (show all 7); Palestine
- Important events
- Arab-Israeli Conflict
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Travel, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 911.56 — History & geography Geography & travel Atlases & Maps Asia Middle East
- LCC
- G2236 .S1 .G52 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Atlases By region or country Eastern Hemisphere. Eurasia, Africa, etc. Asia
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 29
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