New edition of this widely adopted introduction to the Isreali-Palestinian conflict Fully revised and updated, the second edition also includes a new chapter on the so-called fourth stage of the conflict. Written by one of the worlds leading authorities on the conflict, who is recognized for the even-handedness of his approach to this complex and sensitive topic Assumes no prior knowledge on the part of the reader Includes an extensive chronology of events at the back of the book

author: Alan Dowty asin: 0745632025 binding: Paperback list price: $23.95 USD amazon price: $23.95

Gershon Shafir challenges the heroic myths about the foundation of the State of Israel by investigating the struggle to control land and labor during the early Zionist enterprise.

author: Gershon Shafir asin: 0520204018 binding: Paperback list price: $26.95 USD amazon price: $32.31 USD

Lords of the Land tells the tragic story of Jewish settlement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In the aftermath of the 1967 war and Israel's devastating victory over its Arab neighbors, catastrophe struck both the soul and psyche of the state of Israel.

author: Idith Zertal Akiva Eldar asin: 1568583702 binding: Hardcover list price: $29.95 USD amazon price: $45.30 USD

asin: 0231135793 binding: Paperback list price: $30.00 USD amazon price: $48.00 USD

As Washington struggles to revive the Arab-Israeli peace process, Kurtzer and Lasensky offer the definitive guidebook on how to broker peace in the Middle East. Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace sets forth a compelling, interests-based framework for American engagement in the peace process; provides a critical assessment of U.S. diplomacy since the end of the Cold War; and offers a set of ten core lessons to guide the efforts of future American negotiators.

author: Daniel C. Kurtzer Scott B. Lasensky asin: 1601270305 binding: Paperback list price: $16.50 USD amazon price: $23.97 USD

As the Middle East peace process disintegrates and the second Palestinian Intifada begins, Wendy Pearlman, a young Jewish woman from the American Midwest travels to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in a quest to talk to ordinary Palestinians. A remarkable narrative emerges from her conversations with doctors, artists, school kids, and families who have lost loved ones or watched their homes destroyed.

author: Wendy Pearlman asin: 1560255307 binding: Paperback list price: $14.95 USD amazon price: $376.98 USD

From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so with this memoir he rediscovers the lost Arab world of his early years in Palestine, Lebanon, and Egypt.

author: Edward W. Said asin: 0679730672 binding: Paperback list price: $16.00 USD amazon price: $30.33 USD

author: Graham Usher asin: 0745309747 binding: Paperback list price: $24.00 USD amazon price: $39.13 USD

PRESIDENT CARTER'S COURAGEOUS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT MUST BE DONE TO BRING PERMANENT PEACE TO ISRAEL WITH DIGNITY AND JUSTICE TO PALESTINE

author: Jimmy Carter asin: 0743285034 binding: Paperback list price: $15.00 USD amazon price: $27.36 USD

Khalidi critically assesses the narratives that make up Palestinian history and identity and examines the ways in which the Palestinian national consciousness has come full circle.

author: Rashid Khalidi asin: 0231105150 binding: Paperback list price: $29.00 USD amazon price: $19.89 USD