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Israel's Wars

A History since 1947, 3rd Edition

By Ahron Bregman

Published December 2nd 2009 by Routledge – 368 pages

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Description

Since its foundation, the state of Israel has endured almost constant violence. Israel's Wars is a fascinating and essential insight into the turbulent history of this troubled country.

From the 1947–8 Jewish-Palestinian struggle for mastery of the land of Palestine to the on-going Al-Aqsa intifada and the second Lebanon war, this book exposes hitherto unknown facts, including details of secret Soviet involvement in inciting the 1967 Six Day War, Israeli bombing of the American warship the USS Liberty, and Israeli assassinations of leading Palestinians during the Al-Aqsa intifada.

Now with additional maps and photographs, this new edition is fully updated throughout. It includes a new section on the second Lebanon war, and a fully revised and updated section on the Al-Aqsa intifida, both of which feature exclusive, previously unpublished material.

Reviews

Israel’s Wars is a concise, useful resource for students and other interested people who

wish to understand the causes and conduct of some of Israel’s wars from 1948 until

now. - Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, UK

Contents

Preface to the 2009 Edition. Preface to the 2002 Edition. Preface 1. The 1947–9 War 2. A Nation-In-Arms 1949–67 3. The Six Bad Years 1967–73 4. War and Peace 1973–79 5. War in Lebanon 1982 6. Intifada 1987–93 7. Al-Aqsa Intifada 2000–05 8. The Second Lebanon War, 2006 9. Conclusions. Notes

Author Bio

Ahron Bregman was a captain in the Israeli army during Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and worked for three years as a parliamentary assistant at the Knesset. He studied in Jerusalem and London, completing a doctorate in War Studies in 1994. Ahron is author of The Fifty Years War: Israel and the Arabs (1998), the companion book to a six-part BBC/PBS television documentary, Elusive Peace (2005), the companion to a three-part BBC/PBS television documentary, and A History of Israel (2003). He teaches at the Department of War Studies, King’s College London.