Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Towards Invasion 2. Communal War 3. Invasion 4. The Egyptian Invasion of Palestine: From Containment to the First Truce 5. The Israeli-Jordanian Front, 15 May-10 June 6. The Palestine Northern Front, 15 May-10 June 7. The First Truce 8. Ten Days of Fighting: The Egyptian-Israeli Front 9. Ten Days of Fighting: The Israeli-Jordanian Front 10. Ten Days of Fighting: The Northern Front 11. The Second Truce: Days of Diplomacy and Military Preparation 12. The Egyptian-Israeli Front: The Decisive Campaigns I 13. Jordan-Israel: A Permanent Cease-Fire Agreement 14. The Northern Campaign: The Decisive Stage 15. The Egyptian-Israeli Front: The Decisive Campaigns II. Conclusion

About the Author

Dr David Tal is a lecturer at the Department of History and at the Security Studies Program, Tel Aviv University. He teaches modern military and diplomatic history and has published articles in various professional journals on Israeli security matters and the international involvement in the Middle East. He is the author of two other published books: Israel's Conception of Current Security: Origins and Development, 1949-1956 (1998) and The 1956 War (2001).

Reviews

'War in Palestine is a thorough and most exciting study, combining good analysis of military strategy and diplomacy in a war that is relatively forgotten in the existing literature - a study which is highly recommended.' -Journal of Israeli History