An Historical Encyclopedia of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

This first encyclopedia about the Arab-Israeli conflict by a team of experts gives detailed and comprehensive coverage of the important political military and diplomatic events places people groups agreements treaties and issues that have marked this controversial and complex regional and international conflict. A team of authorities with varying backgrounds interests disciplines and perspectives gives special attention to the period since the adoption of the Palestine partition plan in November 1947 the first Arab-Israeli War up to the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles and subsequent agreements as well as the Israel-Jordan Peace Treaty and implementation process.Hundreds of entries arranged alphabetically provide hard-to-find information and point to sources for further reading and research. Extensive cross-references a chronology of important events a bibliographical essay and a general index further enhance this basic research tool. Designed for broad interdisciplinary use by scholars students policymakers and general readers of varying backgrounds interests disciplines and perspectives in college university institutional and public libraries.