The Arab-Israeli Wars
Subtitle: War and Peace in the Middle East
Publisher: Vintage
Published: July 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9781400079636
Subjects: Armed conflict; Asian / Middle Eastern history: from c 1900 -; Israel; Israel - History; Military History - Modern; History; History - Military / War; History: World; Middle East; Middle East - General; Military - General; History / Middle East; Arab-Israeli conflict; History, Military
First sentence: As Britain prepared to withdraw her forces in May 1948, and as the Jewish community in Palestine braced itself for the inevitable Arab onslaught, there emerged a factor that was to influence Israel's military considerations throughout the initial part of the War of independence.