[bksvol-discuss] Submitted/nonfiction
- From: "Deborah Murray" <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:53:55 -0400
Hi all,
I've just submitted for proofing "The Birth of Israel: Myths and Realities"
by Simha Flapan.
It's been read and spell-checked-most "misspellings" are non-English words.
All headers stripped, page numbers/chapter titles present, footnotes
formatted, fonts adjusted.
278 pages.
Description:
In this ground-breaking and controversial history of the founding of Israel,
noted Israeli scholar and peace activist Simha Flapan gives us the first
true account of one of the most momentous political events of the century.
Drawing on recently declassified material-from Ben-Gurion's war diaries to
the minutes of secret meetings-Flapan reconstructs the real events of that
critical time. Behind the received historical truths-that the Zionists
welcomed the partition of Palestine into an Arab and a Jewish state; that
the Palestinians fled Israel despite the efforts of Jewish leaders to get
them to stay; that when after a miraculous victory in 1948 Israel extended
its hand in peace not a single Arab leader responded-Flapan finds instead
propaganda myths that have misguided Israeli policy to this day.
Eye-opening and bold, full of unsettling revelations, The Birth of Israel
offers fresh hope for understanding today's tragic Arab-Israeli stalemate,
and for moving toward a solution.
Deborah
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