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Israel/Palestine

by Alan Dowty · 2005

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New edition of this widely adopted introduction to the Isreali-Palestinian conflict

Fully revised and updated, the second edition also includes a new chapter on the so-called fourth stage of the conflict.

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Written by one of the worlds leading authorities on the conflict, who is recognized for the even-handedness of his approach to this complex and sensitive topic

Assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader

Includes an extensive chronology of events at the back of the book

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 246 pages

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