ISBN:
9781503627666
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (352 p)
Edition:
[Online-Ausgabe]
Year of publication:
2021
Series Statement:
Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 Social aspects
;
Jewish soldiers Correspondence
;
Muslim soldiers Correspondence
;
Nationalism History 20th century
;
HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine
;
Arab Liberation Army (ALA)
;
Arab nationalism
;
Haganah
;
Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
;
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
;
Palestine
;
Palestinian refugees
;
Zionism
;
nakba
;
soldiers' letters
Abstract:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION: MUSCULAR JEWS AND ARABS -- 1 PAN-ARAB AND PAN-JUDAIC MOBILIZATION -- 2 TOE THE LINE -- 3 WELCOME TO PALESTINE-WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE? -- 4 THE VIOLENCE OF VICTORY AND THE VIOLENCE OF DEFEAT -- 5 DIFFERENT KINDS OF RETURN -- CONCLUSION: THE VIEW FROM THE GROUND -- Notes -- Index
Abstract:
In 1948, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over twenty months, thousands of Jews and Arabs came from all over the world to join those already on the ground to fight in the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces and the Arab Liberation Army. With this book, the young men and women who made up these armies come to life through their letters home, writing about everything from daily life to nationalism, colonialism, race, and the character of their enemies. Shay Hazkani offers a new history of the 1948 War through these letters, focusing on the people caught up in the conflict and its transnational reverberations. Dear Palestine also examines how the architects of the conflict worked to influence and indoctrinate key ideologies in these ordinary soldiers, by examining battle orders, pamphlets, army magazines, and radio broadcasts. Through two narratives-the official and unofficial, the propaganda and the personal letters-Dear Palestine reveals the fissures between sanctioned nationalism and individual identity. This book reminds us that everyday people's fear, bravery, arrogance, cruelty, lies, and exaggerations are as important in history as the preoccupations of the elites
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English
DOI:
10.1515/9781503627666
