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100 1  Shlaim, Avi,|eauthor 
245 14 The iron wall :|bIsrael and the Arab world /|cAvi Shlaim 
250    Updated and expanded edition, Second edition 
264  1 New York :|bW.W. Norton & Company,|c2014 
300    xlii, 900 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations, maps ;|c21 cm 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
500    "First published as a Norton paperback 2001; updated 2014"
       --Title page verso 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 853-867) and 
       index 
505 0  Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first 
       edition -- Chronology -- Prologue : the Zionist 
       foundations -- The emergence of Israel 1947-1949 -- 
       Consolidation 1949-1953 -- Attempts at accommodation 1953-
       1955 -- The road to Suez 1955-1957 -- The alliance of the 
       periphery 1957-1963 -- Poor little Samson 1963-1969 -- 
       Immobilism 1969-1974 -- Disengagement 1974-1977 -- Peace 
       with Egypt 1977-1981 -- The Lebanese quagmire 1981-1984 --
       Political paralysis 1984-1988 -- Stonewalling 1988-1992 --
       The breakthrough 1992-1995 -- The setback 1995-1996 -- 
       Back to the iron wall 1996-1999 -- Stalemate with Syria 
       1999-2000 -- Peace in tatters 2000-2001 -- Sharon's war on
       terror 2001-2003 -- The road map to nowhere 2003-2006 -- 
       Epilogue 
520    "'Fascinating... Shlaim presents compelling evidence for a
       revaluation of traditional Israeli history.' --New York 
       Times Book Review. For this newly expanded edition, Avi 
       Shlaim has added four chapters and an epilogue that 
       address the prime ministerships from Barak to Netanyahu in
       the 'one book everyone should read for a concise history 
       of Israel's relations with Arabs' (Independent). What was 
       promulgated as an 'iron-wall' strategy--building a 
       position of unassailable strength--was meant to yield to a
       further stage where Israel would be strong enough to 
       negotiate a satisfactory peace with its neighbors. The 
       goal still remains elusive, if not even further away. This
       penetrating study brilliantly illuminates past progress 
       and future prospects for peace in the Middle East"--
       |cProvided by publisher 
650  0 Arab-Israeli conflict 
651  0 Israel|xForeign policy