The Arab-Israeli Conflict: The Palestine War 1948 - Softcover

Karsh, Efraim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841763721 ISBN 13: 9781841763729

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

The Palestine War has been by far the most important military encounter in the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This book examines the origins of the war and its progression through two distinct stages: the guerrilla warfare between the Arab and Jewish communities of Mandatory Palestine, and the conventional inter-state war between the State of Israel and the invading Arab armies. In doing so it assesses the participants, their war aims, strategies and combat performance. Finally, it examines the reasons for Israel's success in the face of seemingly impossible odds and for the failure of the Arab nations to turn their military and numerical superiority into victory on the ground.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This unique series studies every major war in history looking at all the aspects of war, from how it felt to be a soldier to the lasting impact of the conflict on the world around it.

About the Author:

Efraim Karsh is Professor and Head of the Mediterranean Studies Programme at King's College, University of London. He has held various academic posts at the Sorbonne, the London School of Economics, Columbia University, Helsinki University and Tel-Aviv University. Professor Karsh has published extensively on Middle Eastern affairs, Soviet foreign policy and European neutrality.

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1841763721
• ISBN 13: 9781841763729
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96