By looking at the political, military and intelligence components of the Yom Kippur War - and making use of unpublished materials, including recently declassified portions of the Agranat Commission that inquired into the intelligence failure - this work offers interpretations of Israel's conflict with the Arabs. The contributors, Israeli academics, some of them involved in the war, make a contribution to the understanding of this chapter in Israel's history.

This volume provides a wide ranging historical survey of the special relationship between the Zionist movement and Israel with the Hashemite family and its far-reaching implications for Middle Eastern affairs in general, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in particular. It includes chapters on Transjordan and the Yishuv, and the history of covert relations between Jordan and Israel.

By looking at the political, military and intelligence components of the Yom Kippur War - and making use of unpublished materials, including recently declassified portions of the Agranat Commission that inquired into the intelligence failure - this work offers interpretations of Israel's conflict with the Arabs. The contributors, Israeli academics, some of them involved in the war, make a contribution to the understanding of this chapter in Israel's history.

Competing Jewish and Arab national claims over the Holy Land form the core of the Arab-Israeli conflict, thereby transforming it into the most intensely-fought struggles in the history of humanity. The conflict evokes unparalleled passion and hostility not only among its immediate participants and neighbors but also in the wider international community. The involvement of three principal monotheistic religions makes the conflict a truly universal contestation. As a result, it often contributes to bouts of violence, turmoil and terrorism in the Middle East and beyond. This second edition of...