Palestine 1948

Yoav Gelber is Professor of History at the University of Haifa and Head of the Herzl Institute for Research and Study of Zionism. He is the author of a number of books on Middle East affairs, including: Israeli-Jordanian Dialogue: Cooperation, Conspiracy, or Collusion? (Sussex Academic, 2004); and Jewish-Transjordanian Relations, 1921-1948 (Frank Cass, 1997).

• Contents: Introduction; The Outbreak and the Expansion of Hostilities; The Palestinians' Organisation for War; The Arab League's Intervention; Shaping the Yishuv's War Policy; The Beginnings of the Palestinians' Mass-Flight; From a Civil War to Regular Warfare; Palestinian Society's Collapse; The Arab Regular Armies' Invasion of Palestine; Fighting and Flight after the Invasion; The Ten-Day Campaign and the Second Truce; The Palestinians' Decay; Diplomacy and Intrigues; Operations in the Negev; The End of the War with Lebanon and Syria; Ending the War with Egypt and Transjordan; Welcoming the Refugees in the Arab States; From Flight to Refugeeism: Blocking the Return; Epilogue.

"Yoav Gelber's contribution to the literature on 1948 is useful for its detailed chronology of Israels most significant and triumphal campaign against the Arabs... The books value lies in its shedding light on the loose alliances unfolding in the Middle East." -- Studies in Contemporary Jewry, Oxford University Press.