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Cattan, Henry, Palestine, the Arabs, and Israel. London, England, Longman Group Limited, 1969.
Cattan, a well known Arab supporter and past member of the Arab League, is quite bias. However, this account was important in order to balance the largely Jewish written sources below. Blaming both the UN and the Israeli, Palestine, the Arabs, and Israel is very controversial, and was a welcomed change in pace.
Herzog, Chaim, The Arab-Israeli Wars. New York, Random House, 1982.
Herzog is very wordy, and goes into excruciating detail. A Israel's sixth president, and an early member of the Haganah, Herzog presented the Jewish military point of view very well. The military diagrams were useful in expanding understanding of current strategies, but the Jewish bias diminished his account somewhat.
Katz, Samuel, Battleground: Fact and Fantasy in Palestine. New York, New York, Bantam Books, 1973.
Written in the midst of the War of Attrition, this book had the potential for new insight, and analysis. However, with primitive maps and diagrams, the lack of content is not made up for. The work fails to discuss the 1948 conflict or the roots of the conflict in general. This source was not useful.
Khouri, Fred, The Arab-Israeli Dilema. Syracuse, New York, Syracuse University Press, 1968.
Khouri, now professor of political science, is a well educated man, as is evident from his writing. American born, the author has traveled extensively through the Middle East. He possesses a firm understanding of the political tensions and military operations. This work was also an excellent source for statistics. Few other sources provided precise numbers as to army and population size. This was an extremely useful source.
Laqueur, Walter, The Israel-Arab Reader. London, England, Lowe & Brydone Ltd., 1968.
The Israel - Arab Reader is a collection of key documents pertaining to the Arab - Israeli conflict. Although initially promising, this work failed to live up to its expectations. Most documents were not relevant to the conflicts of interest. Although well put together, this book was of little use.
Safran, Nadav, From War to War. New York, Western Publishing Company, Inc., 1969.
Safran, a Harvard professor, writes very clearly, and gives a good general overview of the conflict. However, this book was written too early to account the 1972 conflict. Nevertheless, Safran gives an unbiased interpretation of the 48 and 67 conflicts, with some useful analysis. This book was useful in the early research stages.
Schiff, Zeev, A History of the Israeli Army (1870~1974). Sanfransisco, California, Straight Arrow
Books, 1974.
This work contained a detailed account of the conflict from a strictly military perspective. This complimented the other sources nicely, and was of great use in early research. The author is the editor of a mourning newspaper in Israel, where he lives. However, this author was noted to be slightly pro-Israeli. Nonetheless, this book proved very useful for its graphic content alone. The maps and diagrams were of great help, especially when working in a multi-media medium.
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