Reddit reviews Genesis 1948

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• http://www.amazon.com/Genesis-1948-The-First-Arab-Israeli/dp/0306804735
  
• http://www.amazon.com/Palestinian-Identity-Rashid-Khalidi/dp/0231105150
  
  

I read "Genesis 1948" by Dan Kurzman this summer and thoroughly enjoyed it. I feel like the 48 war is the largest event in Israel's history that I know the least about and Kurzman did a great job of getting perspectives from all sides - the Americans, the Israelis, the Jordanians, the British, the Palestinians, the Syrians, the Egyptians, etc.

If you're in Israel you can find it at Sefer V'Sfel for 50 NIS. They did a reprint a few years ago that they never finished selling. In the US, amazon.