The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories

The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories providesnon-specialist readers with an introduction and historical overviewof the issues that have characterized and defined 130 years of thestill unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

• Provides a fresh attempt to break away from polemicalapproaches that have undermined academic discussion and politicaldebates
• Focuses on a series of core arguments that the author considersessentially unwinnable
• Introduces readers to the major historiographical debatessparked by the dispute
• Encourages readers to consider more useful ways of explainingand understanding the conflict, and to go beyond trying to provewho is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’

"This volume suggests a fresh and original interpretation to thehistory of the Arab Israeli conflict. Caplan juggles skillfully andeven-handedly between the two narratives, reflecting theparties’ own views without embracing the cause of anyparty."
–Joseph Nevo, University of Haifa

"An impressive and very valuable work. One could not ask for abetter short history of the conflict. Caplan offers readers a studythat is extremely well-informed, resolutely fair-minded, and filledwith thoughtful insights."
–Mark Tessler, University of Michigan