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The Gaza Strip : its history and politics : from the pharaohs to the Israeli invasion of 2009, Nathan Shachar

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Summary
In antiquity Gaza was a horn of plenty, hub of fabulous networks of desert and maritime trade. Egyptian, Persian and Assyrian emperors fought over it, and so did Alexander the Great, Richard the Lionheart, Saladdin and Napoleon. More recently Gaza's fame has been a place of crisis, anguish and misery. Since 170,000 Palestinian refugees arrived there in 1948, and the Strip became another piece in the intractable Middle Eastern puzzle, it has gone through a succession of bloody upheavals: passing from Egyptian to Israeli to PLO to Hamas' rule, all the while remaining a volatile geopolitical flashpoint. Apart from separating between Israel and the refugees in the southwestern corner of Palestine, the Strip's borders coincide with other momentous fault-lines: between Islamism and secularism, tradition and modernity, East and West - and between the first and third world. Nathan Shachar, veteran correspondent, has covered Gazan affairs for more than three decades. He has personally witnessed much turmoil which has made the Gaza Strip a permanent item of news bulletins for sixty years. This book relates the Gaza Strip's rich and tumultuous history in a highly readable text, which includes time-lines for all major events and personalities (from the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III to Hamas' leader Ismai̕l Haniye). It brings perspective to the recent Israeli invasion of the Strip and its political and social aftermath
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 209 pages, [14] pages of plates
Contents
  • The setting : geography, climate, wildlife, and ecology
  • Egyptians, Hebrew and Philistines
  • Persians, Greeks and Romans
  • Freedom of religion and the rise of Christianity
  • Arabs and Crusaders, 634-1193
  • Tartars, Mongols, and Mamluks
  • Ottoman conquest and rule, 1517-1918
  • The British conquest and mandate, 1917-1948
  • The Nakba and the first Arab-Israeli War : the all-Palestine government of Gaza, 1947-1950
  • Egyptian military rule, 1948-1967
  • Israeli conquest and occupation, 1967-1971
  • Ariel Sharon's "dirty war" : the beginning of Jewish settlement, 1971-1972
  • The quiet years, 1972-1986
  • The outbreak of the first Palestinian uprising, December 1987
  • Economic warfare and the rise of Islamism, 1987-1991
  • Hardship, delusion, and desperation : the First Gulf War, 1990-1991
  • Failure at Madrid and success at Oslo, 1991-1993
  • High hopes and new dangers, 1994-1995
  • Exit Rabin, enter Likud, 1995-1999
  • Barak's gamble and the second Palestinian uprising, 1999-2001
  • The return of Sharon : the destruction of Palestinian self-rule, 2001-2003
  • The death of Yasser Arafat : the evacuation of the strip, 2003-2005
  • Sharon's departure : the Hamas election triumph, 2005-2006
  • Civil War and the Hamas takeover, 2007
  • Operation "Cast Lead", 2008-2009
  • Epilogue: An ideological war of nerves and prestige
Isbn
9781845193447
Instance
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The Gaza Strip : its history and politics : from the pharaohs to the Israeli invasion of 2009
Title
The Gaza Strip
Title remainder
its history and politics : from the pharaohs to the Israeli invasion of 2009
Statement of responsibility
Nathan Shachar
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Language
eng
Summary
In antiquity Gaza was a horn of plenty, hub of fabulous networks of desert and maritime trade. Egyptian, Persian and Assyrian emperors fought over it, and so did Alexander the Great, Richard the Lionheart, Saladdin and Napoleon. More recently Gaza's fame has been a place of crisis, anguish and misery. Since 170,000 Palestinian refugees arrived there in 1948, and the Strip became another piece in the intractable Middle Eastern puzzle, it has gone through a succession of bloody upheavals: passing from Egyptian to Israeli to PLO to Hamas' rule, all the while remaining a volatile geopolitical flashpoint. Apart from separating between Israel and the refugees in the southwestern corner of Palestine, the Strip's borders coincide with other momentous fault-lines: between Islamism and secularism, tradition and modernity, East and West - and between the first and third world. Nathan Shachar, veteran correspondent, has covered Gazan affairs for more than three decades. He has personally witnessed much turmoil which has made the Gaza Strip a permanent item of news bulletins for sixty years. This book relates the Gaza Strip's rich and tumultuous history in a highly readable text, which includes time-lines for all major events and personalities (from the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III to Hamas' leader Ismai̕l Haniye). It brings perspective to the recent Israeli invasion of the Strip and its political and social aftermath
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Shachar, Nathan
Dewey number
953/.1
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
DS110.G3
LC item number
S49 2010
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Gaza Strip
  • Gaza Strip
  • Gaza Strip
  • Social conflict
  • Politics and government
  • Social conditions
  • Social conflict
  • Gaza Strip
  • Gaza-Streifen
  • Gazastreifen
  • Gazaremsan
  • Gazaremsan
  • Gazaremsan
  • Social conflict Gaza Strip History
  • Gaza Strip Social conditions
  • Gazastreifen swd
Label
The Gaza Strip : its history and politics : from the pharaohs to the Israeli invasion of 2009, Nathan Shachar
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The setting : geography, climate, wildlife, and ecology -- Egyptians, Hebrew and Philistines -- Persians, Greeks and Romans -- Freedom of religion and the rise of Christianity -- Arabs and Crusaders, 634-1193 -- Tartars, Mongols, and Mamluks -- Ottoman conquest and rule, 1517-1918 -- The British conquest and mandate, 1917-1948 -- The Nakba and the first Arab-Israeli War : the all-Palestine government of Gaza, 1947-1950 -- Egyptian military rule, 1948-1967 -- Israeli conquest and occupation, 1967-1971 -- Ariel Sharon's "dirty war" : the beginning of Jewish settlement, 1971-1972 -- The quiet years, 1972-1986 -- The outbreak of the first Palestinian uprising, December 1987 -- Economic warfare and the rise of Islamism, 1987-1991 -- Hardship, delusion, and desperation : the First Gulf War, 1990-1991 -- Failure at Madrid and success at Oslo, 1991-1993 -- High hopes and new dangers, 1994-1995 -- Exit Rabin, enter Likud, 1995-1999 -- Barak's gamble and the second Palestinian uprising, 1999-2001 -- The return of Sharon : the destruction of Palestinian self-rule, 2001-2003 -- The death of Yasser Arafat : the evacuation of the strip, 2003-2005 -- Sharon's departure : the Hamas election triumph, 2005-2006 -- Civil War and the Hamas takeover, 2007 -- Operation "Cast Lead", 2008-2009 -- Epilogue: An ideological war of nerves and prestige
Control code
ocn303097580
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 209 pages, [14] pages of plates
Isbn
9781845193447
Lccn
2009032963
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781845193454
  • (OCoLC)303097580
Label
The Gaza Strip : its history and politics : from the pharaohs to the Israeli invasion of 2009, Nathan Shachar
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The setting : geography, climate, wildlife, and ecology -- Egyptians, Hebrew and Philistines -- Persians, Greeks and Romans -- Freedom of religion and the rise of Christianity -- Arabs and Crusaders, 634-1193 -- Tartars, Mongols, and Mamluks -- Ottoman conquest and rule, 1517-1918 -- The British conquest and mandate, 1917-1948 -- The Nakba and the first Arab-Israeli War : the all-Palestine government of Gaza, 1947-1950 -- Egyptian military rule, 1948-1967 -- Israeli conquest and occupation, 1967-1971 -- Ariel Sharon's "dirty war" : the beginning of Jewish settlement, 1971-1972 -- The quiet years, 1972-1986 -- The outbreak of the first Palestinian uprising, December 1987 -- Economic warfare and the rise of Islamism, 1987-1991 -- Hardship, delusion, and desperation : the First Gulf War, 1990-1991 -- Failure at Madrid and success at Oslo, 1991-1993 -- High hopes and new dangers, 1994-1995 -- Exit Rabin, enter Likud, 1995-1999 -- Barak's gamble and the second Palestinian uprising, 1999-2001 -- The return of Sharon : the destruction of Palestinian self-rule, 2001-2003 -- The death of Yasser Arafat : the evacuation of the strip, 2003-2005 -- Sharon's departure : the Hamas election triumph, 2005-2006 -- Civil War and the Hamas takeover, 2007 -- Operation "Cast Lead", 2008-2009 -- Epilogue: An ideological war of nerves and prestige
Control code
ocn303097580
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xi, 209 pages, [14] pages of plates
Isbn
9781845193447
Lccn
2009032963
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781845193454
  • (OCoLC)303097580

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