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Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest) [Hardcover]

P R. Kumaraswamy (Author)

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0810853434 978-0810853430 September 5, 2006
For over a century, the conflict between the Arabs and Jews has remained the most intractable problem confronting the world. Hardly a day passes that the Arab-Israeli Conflict is not headlined in the media. It has turned the Arabs and Israelis against one another, and also embittered relations within the two communities, while drawing the rest of the world into the circle of disruption.

The Historical Dictionary of the Arab-Israeli Conflict provides factual background through a list of acronyms and abbreviations, an introductory essay, a chronology, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on the more significant persons, places and events, including the various wars and negotiations. The history, religion, culture, and archeology that this rivalry has sparked between the Arabs and Israelis over the same piece of territory is traced in this book, which offers the essential details using neutral terms and thereby allowing readers to draw conclusions for themselves.

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For more than a century, the conflict between Arabs and Israelis has been a major international problem. One cannot open a newspaper or turn on a television newscast without hearing about violence in the Middle East.

Kumaraswamy, a professor of Middle Eastern studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India, has written a brief handbook covering this conflict. A list of acronyms and abbreviations, a chronology, and an introduction providing historical context open the work. The author is careful to present the material objectively, using neutral terms so that readers may draw their own conclusions. The alphabetical entries range in length from one paragraph to five pages. They include people (Mahmoud Abbas, David Ben-Gurion); places (Jerusalem, Russia ); and events (Hindawi affair, Nabi Musa riots ). Political parties (Hezbollah, Likud ); organizations (League of Nations ); and a variety of policies (Oslo Accords, Resolution 242 ) also appear. An extensive bibliography with introductory notes will be very useful for researchers.

This is a good resource for smaller libraries lacking the funds for sources such as The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (1995) and Encyclopedia Judaica (2d ed., Gale, 2006). Barbara Bibel
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Anyone seeking key facts on the Arab-Israeli conflict is going to find this an extraordinarily useful reference work. (Dr Anthony H Cordesman )

Readers will find enormous satisfaction in this up-to-date dictionary's focused content and well-organized, superbly explained entries. Highly Recommended. (Choice, March 2007 )

An extensive bibliography with introductory notes will be very useful for researchers. This is a good resource... (Booklist/Rbb, 3/15/2007 )

...highly recommended.... (Arba, vol. 38 (2007) )

...the present edition will leave its readers much better informed about one of the most important international disputes of our era. (Reference Reviews, Vol. 21, No. 5 (2007) )

P.R. Kumaraswamy has taken on a Herculean but necessary task in trying to explain this key Middle Eastern issue fairly, systematically, and comprehensively in a single volume. The fact that he has succeeded in doing so will be valuable for both researchers and those who simply want to understand better the most complex and important region of the contemporary world. (Barry Rubin, Director )

Viewing the Arab-Israeli conflict as a consequence of competing ethnonationalisms, Kumaraswamy (international affairs, Jawaharlal Nehru U., India) presents cross-referenced dictionary entries introducing the various people, places, organizations, events, and issues of the conflict. Also included are an introductory essay, a chronology running from 1869 to 2005, and a thematic bibliography. (Reference and Research Book News, November 2006 )

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