Alan Dowty: 2 books

What explains the peculiar intensity and evident intractability of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Of all the "hot spots" in the world today, the apparently endless clash between Jews and Arabs in the Middle East seems unique in its longevity and resistance to resolution. Is this conflict really...

This book offers a serious and wide-ranging history of an intractable conflict. It reassesses the Arab-Israeli conflict by looking back to events in the 19th century and the earliest waves settlers. It uses a variety of primary sources from the settlers and their neighbors to show on a...