Ilan Pappe\'s book traces the History of Palestine from the Ottomans in the nineteenth century, through the British Mandate, the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and the subsequent wars and conflicts which have dominated this troubled region.
These years, which began with a sense of optimism, as the Oslo peace accord was being negotiated, culminated in t.
The second edition of Pappe\'s book has been updated to include the dramatic events of the 1990s and the early twenty-first century.
Ilan Pappe\'s book traces the History of Palestine from the Ottomans in the nineteenth century, through the British Mandate, the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, and the subsequent wars and conflicts which have dominated this troubled region