Morris, Benny

The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem revisited Benny Morris - 2nd ed. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012. - xxii, 640 p. : maps ; 23 cm. - Cambridge Middle East studies ; 18 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 609-616) and index.

Background : a brief history -- The idea of 'transfer' in Zionist thinking before 1948 -- The first wave : the Arab exodus, December 1947 -- March 1948 -- The second wave : the mass exodus, April -- June 1948 -- Deciding against a return of the refugees, April -- December 1948 -- Blocking a return -- The third wave : the Ten Days (9-18 July) and the second truce (18 July -- 15 October) -- The fourth wave : the battles and exodus of October -- November 1948 -- Clearing the borders : expulsions and population transfers, November 1948 -- 1950 -- Solving the refugee problem, December 1948 -- September 1949.

While the focus remains on the 1948 war and the analysis of the Palestinian exodus, this edition contains more information about what happened in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa, and how events there led to the collapse of Palestinian urban society.

978-0521009676

2003067431


Refugees, Arab
Palestinian Arabs
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949--Refugees
Jewish-Arab relations--History--1917-1948

HV640.5.A6 / M67 2004

956.042

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