Full name: The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World

Author: Avi Shlaim Year: 1999 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History Culture: Israel Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads Barns&Noble LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780393321128 0393321126

As it celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, the State of Israel could count many important successes, but its conflict with the Palestinians and the Arab world at large casts a long shadow over its history. What was promulgated as an "iron-wall" strategy-dealing with the Arabs from a position of unassailable strength-was meant to yield to a further stage where Israel would be strong enough to negotiate a satisfactory peace with its neighbors. The goal remains elusive. In this penetrating study, Avi Shlaim examines how variations of the iron-wall philosophy have guided Israel's leaders; he finds that, while the strategy has been successful, opportunities have been lost to progress from military security to broader peace. The Iron Wall brilliantly illuminates past progress and future prospects for peace in the Middle East. Similar books: Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Charles D. Smith 1948 by Benny Morris The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe 1949 by Tom Segev The Yellow Wind by David Grossman Arab and Jew by David K. Shipler A History of Modern Palestine by Ilan Pappe Battleground by Samuel M. Katz The Gun and the Olive Branch by David Hirst The Iron Cage by Rashid Khalidi The End of the Peace Process by Edward W. Said How Israel Lost by Richard Ben Cramer Sleeping on a Wire by David Grossman The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan Righteous Victims by Benny Morris Anonymous Soldiers by Bruce Hoffman The Eve of Destruction by Howard Blum The Seventh Million by Tom Segev Israel's Wars, 1947-1993 by Ahron Bregman One Palestine, Complete by Tom Segev