The Islamic Reformation
The Dream of Unity
Young Turks
Ferment in Arabia
The Arab Revolt
Searching for a Palestinian Identity
Part 3: The Great War’s Spoils
6 Trouble Brews in Palestine
Empire First, Freedom Later
Wilson’s Concept of Self-Determination
Messieurs King and Crane
The Middle East into Mandates
The New Pharaoh
Jews Move from Farms to Cities
More Aliyahs
Too Many Jews, Not Enough Space
More for Less or Less Is More
Selective Flood Control
Culture Shock
Hear No Evil
Lawrence’s Offspring
The First Arab Riots
Meet the Mufti
Riots Become an Arab Weapon
Churchill Tries White Out
Arab Pogroms
Jews Try Self-Defense
Hello, Haganah
Papering Over the Conflict
7 This Land Is My Land, This Land Is Your Land
Increasing Standards of Living for Jews and Arabs
A Bargain at Any Price
The Arab Revolt
An “A-Peeling” Solution?
Two States Within a State
Opposition and Outcries
Brits Lose Their Patience
Wingate’s Warriors
Jews Turn to Terror
Britain Slams the Door
8 Fighting Hitler and Great Britain
The Jewish Underground Railroad
Jews Join the Allies
Growing Jewish Militancy
Zionists Draw Up the Biltmore Program
Palestinians Sit Out the War
The Jews Revolt
Stepped-Up Violence
The Agency Sides with the British, Sort Of
Dissidents on Trial
Dissidents More Defiant
The First Assassin’s Bullet
Yishuv Outrage
Competition for Land
Churchill’s Loss Brings Hope
Brits Again Become Targets
Palestine, a Guerilla War Zone
The Police Fight Back
The King David Bombing
Outrage on Both Sides
9 A State of Their Own
Holocaust Survivors Seek Refuge
Exodus: More Than a Movie
Terrorists Turn Up the Heat
The Great Escape
The British Give In—Sort Of
UNSCOP
UN Representatives Get an Earful
The Arabs’ Position
The Final Straw
The UN Solution
The One-State Solution
The Partition Plan
Jews Say Okay, Arabs Say No
America Weighs In
A Vote of Conscience—and Interests
Two States, One Happy People
Storm Clouds Gather
10 The Jewish War of Independence
The Jewish Underground Surfaces
The UN’s Hands Are Tied
Arabs Take Responsibility
Jewish Jerusalem Faces Strangulation
The Legend of Deir Yassin
Nowhere to Run
Israel’s Independence Day
Five Against One
The American General
From Marcus to Stone
Jew Versus Jew
Bernadotte Goes Down with His Plan
The Search for Guns
No War, No Peace
Part 4: A State for the Jews
11 The Wanted and the Unwanted
Fleeing the War
Caught in the Middle
Please Don’t Go
Bye-Bye Haifa
The Invasion Starts an Emigration Flood
Palestinians Get a Push
Arab Leaders Provoke Exodus
Jews Flee Arab Lands
What to Do About Refugees?
Israel’s Response to Resolution
The Arab’s Response to Resolution
Palestinian Refugees Get International Relief
Israel’s Attitude Toward Refugees
No Welcome Mats Here
12 We’ve Got a State—Now What?
The Boy King
Jordan Annexes Jerusalem
Israeli-Jordanian Agreement Fails
Israel’s Complex Democracy
Religion Versus Politics
The Law of Return
The Jews Come Home
Operations Ezra and Nehemiah
Those Who Can, Flee Syria
The Magic Carpet
Overwhelming Numbers
No Pepsi for You
13 War Over Suez
A Not-So-Colossal Agreement at Rhodes
Israelis Miss Truman
Nasser Leaves Israelis in Dry Dock
The U.S. Can’t Contain Itself
NATO, Schmato
Dam It
The Fedayeen Unleashed
Canal Collusion
Back to the Desert
Israel, Great Britain, and France Mobilize
Israel Captures Gaza
Ike Puts His Foot Down—on Israel
United States’s Turn to Fight
Nasser Now a Threat
Containing Communism
The Beach Boys Arrive
Part 5: War and Peace
14 Six Days to Victory
HAWKs
Fly East
Kennedy’s Peace Initiative
We Want to Go Home!
Flirting with Nasser
Israel Says “Tanks”
Egypt’s Vietnam
The Birth of the PLO
Fightin’ Words
Fightin’ Deeds
Terror from the Heights
Countdown to War
Nasser Defiant
The Arab States Unite Against Israel
Israel Goes It Alone
Jerusalem Reunited
A Second Exodus
The World Is Stunned
15 No War, No Peace
The Arabs Say No, No, No
Resolution 242
Israel’s Obligations to the Palestinians
The Geography of Peace
New President, New Peace Plan
The War of Attrition
The Arms Race Is On
The Unfriendly Skies
Black September
The Year of Decision
16 Israel’s Day of Infamy
Sadat Cries Wolf
Golda’s Fateful Decision
Unholy War
Troops Gear Up
Hussein Doesn’t Repeat His Mistake
Oil Becomes a Weapon
The IDF Stages a Comeback
Superpower Chess
The View from Egypt
The Brink of Nuclear War
Saving the Losers
Disengagement Has a Ring to It
Syria Fronts for the Rejectionists
Israel’s Political Earthquake
The PLO Goes Legit
Little Support from the Territories
Arafat, the Diplomat
War Outside Palestine
17 Peace at Last
Allon Is Alone with His Plan
Palestinians to Jordan?
Resisting Arafat
Carter’s Messianism
Checks Bounce Rabin
Begin’s In
Jimmy Looks Toward Switzerland
Courting Sadat
Sadat Goes to Jerusalem
Begin Plants a Seed in Palestine
Those Pesky Settlements
Oil Blackmail
Israel’s Slippery Slope
Camping with Jimmy
Breakthrough!
Camp David Accords
Trick or Treaty
Six More Months
A Treaty, at Last
Israel’s High Price
Bye-Bye, Territory
Bye-Bye, Oil
Running Out of Steam
18 Israel’s Vietnam
Settling the Land
Reagan Versus Begin
Iraq’s Reactor Goes Boom!
Supplies Have a French Accent
Kaboom! Goes the Iraqi Reactor
Reagan’s Patience Is Tested
The Sphinx Cries
PLO Tyranny in Lebanon
The Terrorist Army
Sharon Unleashed
The PLO’s Reluctant Retreat
Part 6: Inching Toward Peace
19 Sticks and Stones and Breaking Bones
Reagan Has a Plan
Massacres at Sabra and Shatila
Israelis Grow War Weary
America Gets Sucked In
The End of Begin
Black Jews Come Home
Bush Lends a Hand
Many Left Behind
The Palestinians Rise Up
Incensed by Rumors and the PLO
Brother Against Brother
America Recognizes the PLO
Shamir’s Four Points
20 Saddam Crosses the Line
Bush Plays Along
Believing the Unbelievable
Oil Slips Through Saddam’s Fingers
The United States Gets Ready to Defend the Saudis
A Line in the Sand
Buildup to War
Developing a Coalition
Jordan Stands Alone
Outnumbering Iraqi Forces
From Shield to Storm
Military and Media Might
Israel Under Fire
Israel’s Risk
Israel’s Restraint
The PLO Backs Saddam
Saddam’s Mother Cries Uncle
The “Left Hook”
High-Tech War
A War Too Short
From Desert Storm to Desert Fox
Clinton Fails to Outfox Saddam
21 Bush Turns the Screws
Baker’s Confab
The Historic Madrid Conference
Palestinian Hard-Line Demands
Evoking Violence and the PLO
Jews Tear Through the Iron Curtain
Backing Support by Backing Loans
Operation Solomon
Rabin the Phoenix
Secrets in Oslo
Hoping for a Handshake
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