Overview

The Palestinian Druze are the only Israeli Arabs who are conscripted into the Israeli army today. Based on Israeli military and political documents, this book looks at the origins of the Druze's unique status in Israeli society by telling the story of the military and political alliance that emerged between the Druze and the Jewish army in the 1948 war.

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...scholars and students specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict will surely benefit from this lucidly written and convincingly argued book. - International Journal of Middle East Studies, Anthony B.Toth ...she succeeds, often admirably, in debunking some of the myths of Zionist historiography during the past seventy years. - Journal of Palestine Studies ...a useful contribution to the new historical literature revisiting Israel's foundational period. - MESA Bulletin

...scholars and students specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict will surely benefit from this lucidly written and convincingly argued book. - International Journal of Middle East Studies, Anthony B.Toth ...she succeeds, often admirably, in debunking some of the myths of Zionist historiography during the past seventy years. - Journal of Palestine Studies ...a useful contribution to the new historical literature revisiting Israel's foundational period. - MESA Bulletin

'...scholars and students specializing in the Arab-Israeli conflict will surely benefit from this lucidly written and convincingly argued book.' - Anthony B.Toth, International Journal of Middle East Studies

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LAILA PARSONS is Lecturer in History at Harvard University. She is also a post-doctoral Fellow at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University.

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