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This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Benny Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation. The Arab side—where the archives are still closed—is illuminated with the help of intelligence and diplomatic materials. Morris stresses the jihadi character of the two-stage Arab assault on the Jewish community in Palestine. Throughout, he examines the dialectic between the war's military and political developments and highlights the military impetus in the creation of the refugee problem, which was a by-product of the disintegration of Palestinian Arab society. The book thoroughly investigates the role of the Great Powers—Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union—in shaping the conflict and its tentative termination in 1949. Morris looks both at high politics and general staff decision-making processes and at the nitty-gritty of combat in the successive battles that resulted in the emergence of the State of Israel and the humiliation of the Arab world, a humiliation that underlies the continued Arab antagonism toward Israel. 

Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. --- Conflit israélo-arabe, 1948-1949 --- Palestine --- Israel --- Arab countries --- Israël --- Etats arabes --- History, Military --- Historiography --- Politics and government --- History --- Foreign relations --- Histoire militaire --- Historiographie --- Politique et gouvernement --- Histoire --- Relations extérieures --- Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 --- 355.48 <569.4> --- 933.83 --- 933.83 Geschiedenis van het Joodse volk en Israël:--Zionisme (1948-heden) --- Geschiedenis van het Joodse volk en Israël:--Zionisme (1948-heden) --- 355.48 <569.4> Militaire geschiedenis. Wapenfeiten--Israël --- Militaire geschiedenis. Wapenfeiten--Israël --- Arab-Israel War, 1948-1949 --- Jewish-Arab War, 1948-1949 --- Palestine War, 1948-1949 --- Arab-Israeli conflict --- Haganah (Organization) --- Haganah --- Irgun ha-haganah --- Munaẓẓamat al-Hāghanāh --- Hāghanah̄ (Organization) --- Munaẓẓamat al-Ḥajanāh --- Ḥajanāh (Organization) --- Hagganah (Organization) --- הגנה --- הגנה (ארגון) --- הגנה־־מילונים, מפתחות וכו׳ --- Israel. --- Israel-Arab War (1948-1949) --- Izrailʹ --- Medinat Yiśraʼel --- Yiśraʼel --- Izrael --- Isrāʼīl --- Israele --- Isŭrael --- I-se-lieh --- Medinat Israel --- State of Israel --- ישראל --- מדינת ישראל --- إسرائيل --- دولة إسرائيل --- Dawlat Isrāʼīl --- Ізраіль --- Дзяржава Ізраіль --- Dzi︠a︡rz︠h︡ava Izrailʹ --- Stát Izrael --- Država Izrael --- Ισραήλ --- Израиль --- Государство Израиль --- Gosudarstvo Izrailʹ --- イスラエル --- Isuraeru --- 以色列 --- Yiselie --- Holy Land --- ההגנה --- Хагана (Organization) --- Khagana (Organization) --- ハガナー (Organization) --- Haganā (Organization) --- Га-Аґана (Organization) --- Ha-Agana (Organization) --- Polemology --- anno 1940-1949 --- Arab states --- Eretz Israel --- Middle East