Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: A History With Documents; Eighth Edition

Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict provides a comprehensive, balanced, and accessible narrative of a complex historical topic. Charles D. Smith examines how underlying issues, group motives, religious and cross-cultural clashes, diplomacy and imperialism, and debate over modernization shaped this volatile region. The narrative is supported by more than 40 primary documents that highlight perspectives from all sides of the struggle as well as more than 60 maps and a wide array of photographs. The final chapter, updated through mid-2012, makes this book the most current history of the topic.