Dynamics of the Arab-Israel Conflict: Past and Present: Intellectual Odyssey II

Abstract

Books by Michael Brecher -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Many Paths to Knowledge -- Chapter 2: Historical Roots -- Four Levels of Conflict -- Clash of Belief Systems -- Competing National Goals -- Intercommunal Rivalry -- Discordant British Pledges -- Political and Military Acts, 1933-1947 -- Transformative Event-UN Partition Resolution 181 -- Chapter 3: Struggle for Jerusalem -- Onset -- Decisions -- Decision-Makers -- Attitudinal Prism-Perceptions -- Decision Process -- Implementation -- International Boycott -- Chapter 4: Arab-Israel Perceptions -- Israel-Palestine -- National Identity -- Attitudinal Prisms -- Israel-Syria -- Attitudinal Prisms -- Arab-Israel Perceptions of the Balance of Military Capability -- Chapter 5: Israeli Leaders' Perceptions of the Arabs, the Arab-Israel Conflict, and Peace: Formative Generation, 1948-77 -- Ben-Gurion and Sharett: Two Competing Perceptions -- Levi Eshkol: Changing Views of the Arabs -- Golda Meir: Ben-Gurionist Image of the Arabs -- Yigal Allon and Moshe Dayan: Sabra Views of the Arabs and Israel's Strategic Goals -- Abba Eban: Sharettist Views of the Arabs, the Middle East, and Peace -- Shimon Peres: Ben-Gurionist Views of the Arabs and the Middle East -- Chapter 6: Encounters with Arab Intellectuals and Officials: Views on Israel, Palestine, and Their Conflict (1975) -- Mohammed Sayeed Ahmad: Commentator, Al-Ahram Center, Cairo -- Osama Al-Baz: National Security Advisor to Presidents Sadat and Mubarak -- Boutros Boutros-Ghali: Professor of International Law, Cairo University -- Later, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Egypt, and UN Secretary-­General (1992-1996) -- Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies -- Disquieting Reaction in Israel -- Chapter 7: Conflict-Sustaining Acts in the Arab-Israel Protracted Conflict -- Violence