The Iron Wall
Subtitle: Israel and the Arab World
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: December 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 670
ISBN-13: 9780393048162
First sentence: THE STATE OF ISRAEL was born in the midst of a war with the Arabs of Palestine and the neighboring Arab states.
Description: "In this richly documented book, Avi Shlaim, professor of international relations at Oxford University, places Israel's political and military actions under an uncompromising lens. He traces a pattern of policy from the goals of the early Zionists, through the wars that have marked much of Israeli history, to recent efforts to construct peace.

The book draws on a great deal of new material from Israeli, Arab, and Western sources that not only brings events alive but also leads to fresh assessments and a better informed, more critical understanding of one of the most intense and intractable conflicts of modern times."--BOOK JACKET.