{"product_id":"b010u2pys0","title":"The Iron Wall: Israel and the Arab World","description":"\u003cp\u003eAvi 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 leaders\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e' The Iron Wall  is strikingly fair-minded, scholarly, cogently reasoned and makes enthralling ... reading' Philip Ziegler,  Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Anyone wanting to understand the modern Middle East should start by reading this elegantly written and scrupulously researched book' Trevor Royle,  Sunday Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A milestone in modern scholarship of the Middle East' Edward Said\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Fascinating ... Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history' Ethan Bronner,  The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAvi 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).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":67924466827509,"sku":"YSL52482","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/8774\/8597\/files\/81up6LPxhXL._SY1500.jpg?v=1793672930","url":"https:\/\/www.newbooks.store\/products\/b010u2pys0","provider":"NewBooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}