Benny Morris

The Roots of Appeasement: The British Weekly Press and Nazi Germany during the 1930s.

This study sheds new light on the development of British public opinion in the build up to the Second World War.

Mandate Palestine in Perspective

The Arab Revolt in Palestine was an important event that ultimately convinceed the British that they were unable to reconcile the two local national movements. Yet the British soldiered on, for years, before Ernest Bevin’s declaration in February 1947 that Britain had decided to stop shouldering the burden, handing the Palestine Mandate back to the international community, that is the United Nations, for resolution. This review essay addresses two new books that shed light on important aspects of the Arab Revolt and the end of the British rule in Palestine.

Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War.

1. Israel, the Arab States, and the Palestinians after the 1948 War 2. Infiltration 3. Arab Attitudes and Policies Towards Infiltration, 1949-55 4. The Costs of Infiltration 5. The Israeli Defensive Responses to Infiltration 6. The Beginning of the Retaliatory Policy 7. Raiding and Counter-Raiding, 1951-1953 8. Qibya 9. Israel, the Arab States, and the Great Powers, 1952-1956 10. Sharetts Year, 1954 11. The Gaza Raid and After 12. Countdown to a War Afterword: The Sinai/Suez War and the End of the Gaza Fedayeen Conclusion Biographical Notes