The iron wall
Subtitle: Israel and the Arab world
By: Avi Shlaim
Edition: Updated and expanded edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 900
ISBN-13: 9780393346862
Subjects: Arab-Israeli conflict; Foreign relations
Description: "'Fascinating... Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history.' --New York Times Book Review. For this newly expanded edition, Avi Shlaim has added four chapters and an epilogue that address the prime ministerships from Barak to Netanyahu in the 'one book everyone should read for a concise history of Israel's relations with Arabs' (Independent). What was promulgated as an 'iron-wall' strategy--building 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 still remains elusive, if not even further away. This penetrating study brilliantly illuminates past progress and future prospects for peace in the Middle East"--
Notes: "First published as a Norton paperback 2001; updated 2014."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the second edition; title: Preface to the first edition; title: Chronology; title: Prologue : the Zionist foundations; title: The emergence of Israel 1947/1949; title: Consolidation 1949/1953; title: Attempts at accommodation 1953/1955; title: The road to Suez 1955/1957; title: The alliance of the periphery 1957/1963; title: Poor little Samson 1963/1969; title: Immobilism 1969/1974; title: Disengagement 1974/1977; title: Peace with Egypt 1977/1981; title: The Lebanese quagmire 1981/1984; title: Political paralysis 1984/1988; title: Stonewalling 1988/1992; title: The breakthrough 1992/1995; title: The setback 1995/1996; title: Back to the iron wall 1996/1999; title: Stalemate with Syria 1999/2000; title: Peace in tatters 2000/2001; title: Sharon's war on terror 2001/2003; title: The road map to nowhere 2003/2006; title: Epilogue.