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THE IRON WALL - AVI SHLAIM KARTONIERT (TB)

Avi Shlaim's The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World is the outstanding book on Israeli
foreign policy  now thoroughly updated with a new preface and chapters on Israel's most recent
leadersIn the 1920s  hard-line Zionists developed the doctrine of the 'Iron Wall': negotiations
with the Arabs must always be from a position of military strength  and only when sufficiently
strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours.This doctrine  argues Avi
Shlaim  became central to Israeli policy  dissenters were marginalized and many opportunities
to reconcile with Palestinian Arabs were lost. Drawing on a great deal of new material and
interviews with many key participants  Shlaim places Israel's political and military actions
under and uncompromising lens.His analysis will bring scant comfort to partisans on both sides
but it will be required reading for anyone interested in this fascinating and troubled region
of the world.'The Iron Wall is strikingly fair-minded  scholarly  cogently reasoned and makes
enthralling ... reading' Philip Ziegler  Daily Telegraph'Anyone wanting to understand the
modern Middle East should start by reading this elegantly written and scrupulously researched
book' Trevor Royle  Sunday Herald'A milestone in modern scholarship of the Middle East' Edward
Said'Fascinating ... Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional
Israeli history' Ethan Bronner  The New York Times Book ReviewAvi Shlaim is Professor of
International Relations at St. Antony's College  Oxford. His previous books include Collusion
Across the Jordan (1988) and War and Peace in the Middle East (1995).

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