This text aims to present balanced, impartial coverage of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Bickerton (U. of New South Wales, Australia) and Klausner (U. of Missouri, Kansas City) developed the text while team teaching a colloquium at the University of Missouri. The volume begins with an overview of Judaism and Islam and the landscape of Palestine. Other topics include the partition of Palestine following the Holocaust, the Camp David Accords, and the collapse of the peace process in September 2000. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This concise and comprehensive text presents balanced, impartial, and well-illustrated coverage of the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. The authors identify and examine the issues and themes that have characterized and defined the conflict over the past century. An all new final chapter examines the latest developments in the Middle East and includes the most up-to-date assessment of the course of the peace process, as well as its unraveling.