Overview
First published in 1995, this acclaimed study challenges generally accepted truths of the Israel-Palestine conflict as well as much of the revisionist literature. This new edition critically reexamines dominant popular and scholarly images in the light of the current failures of the peace process.
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Author: Norman G Finkelstein
Publisher: Verso Books
Imprint: Verso Books
Edition: New ed of 2 Revised ed
Dimensions:
Width: 15.70cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.60cm
Weight: 0.536kg
ISBN: 9781859844427
ISBN 10: 1859844421
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 17 May 2003
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College/higher education
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... the most revealing study of the historical background of the conflict and the current peace agreement. -- Noam Chomsky * Guardian * Norman Finkelstein is one of the most radical and hard-hitting critics of the official Zionist version of the Arab-Israeli conflict and of the historians who support this version ... The book makes a major contribution to the study of the Arab-Israeli conflict which deserves to be widely read, especially in the United States. -- Avi Shlaim Anyone interested in seeing justice brought to the Middle East must read this book. -- Charles Glass ... this thoroughly documented book is guaranteed to stimulate and provoke. It will be required reading in the continuing war of the historians. -- William Quandt * Foreign Affairs * ... a thought-provoking work which calls into question many of the accepted 'truths' associated with the Israel-Palestine conflict. * Middle East Journal * ... both an impressive analysis of Zionist ideology and a searing but scholarly indictment of Israel's treatment of the Arabs since 1948. * London Review of Books *
Norman Finkelstein is one of the most radical and hard-hitting critics of the official Zionist version of the Arab-Israeli conflict and of the historians who support this version. ... a major contribution to the study of the Arab-Israeli conflict which deserves to be widely read, especially in the United States. -- Avi Shlaim, St. Antony's College, Oxford University Anyone interested in seeing justice brought to the Middle East must read this book. -- Charles Glass, former ABC Middle East correspondent ... this thouroughly documented book is guaranteed to stimulate and provoke. It will be required reading in the continuing war of the historians. -- William Quandt, Foreign Affairs ... the most revealing study of the historical background of the conflict and the current peace agreement. -- Noam Chomsky, The Guardian ... a thought provoking work which calls into question many of the accepted 'truths' associated with the Israeli-Palestine conflict. -- Middle East Journal ... both an impressive analysis of Zionist ideology and a searing but scholarly indictment of Israel's treatment of the Arabs since 1948. -- London Review of Books
Author Information
Norman G. Finkelstein taught political theory and the Israel-Palestine conflict for many years. He is the author of eight books which have been translated into more than 40 foreign editions, including: What Gandhi Says: About Nonviolence, Resistance and Courage, This Time We Went Too Far: Truth and Consequences of the Gaza Invasion, Goldstone Recants: Richard Goldstone Renews Israel's License to Kill, Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict.
