Iron Wall

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Avi Shlaims The Iron Wall: Israel & the Arab World" is a fresh & informed account of the modern worlds most intractable conflict. In 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 & only when sufficiently strong Israel would be able to make peace with her Arab neighbours. This doctrine argues Avi Shlaim became central to Israeli policy; dissenters were marginalized & many opportunities to reconcile with Palestinian Arabs were lost. Drawing on a great deal of new material & interviews with many key participants Shlaim places Israels political & military actions under & uncompromising lens. His analysis will bring scant comfort to partisans on both sides but it will be required reading for anyone interested in this fascinating & troubled region of the world. "" The Iron Wall" is strikingly fair-minded scholarly cogently reasoned & makes enthralling.. .reading". (Philip Ziegler " Daily Telegraph"). " Anyone wanting to understand the modern Middle East should start by reading this elegantly written & scrupulously researched book". (Trevor Royle " Sunday Herald"). "A milestone in modern scholarship of the Middle East". (Edward Said). " Fascinating... Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a revaluation of traditional Israeli history". (Ethan Bronner " The New York Times Book Review"). Avi Shlaim is Professor of International Relations at St. Antonys College Oxford. His previous books include " Collusion Across the Jordan" (1988) & " War & Peace in the Middle East" (1995)."