Israel and Palestine

Subtitled: "Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations". An acclaimed reflection on the causes and consequences of the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Avi Shlaim is a Fellow of St. Anthony's College and a professor of international relations at the University of Oxford. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2006. His books include Lion of Jordan: The Life of King Hussein in War and Peace; War and Peace in the Middle East: A Concise History; The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World; and Israel and Palestine: Reappraisals, Revisions, Refutations. He lives in Oxford.

Everyone interested in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-general readers and academics alike-will want to consult this book.A" Choice (Highly recommended) Wonderful - Not often today do we find historians who are this honest and this bleak and this able to express truth so simply.A" Robert Fisk, Independent Shlaim - provides a realpolitik reading of the history, demolishing the heroic and innocent image of Israel in its relations with the Palestinians.A" Foreign Affairs A valuable collection.A" Economist A Kirkus Best Book of the Year 2009