Chronology; Foreword; Introduction: a new look at modern Palestine and Israel; 1. Fin de Siècle (1856–1900): social tranquillity and political drama; 2. Beyond tyranny and war (1900-1918); 3. The mandatory state: colonialism, nationalization and cohabitation; 4. Between Nakbah and independence: the 1948 war; 5. The age of partition (1948-1967); 6. Greater Israel and occupied Palestine: the rise of fall of high politics (1967-1987); 7. The uprising and its political consequences (1987-1996); Epilogue.