![]() | Futile Diplomacy, Volume 1: Early Arab-Zionist Negotiation Attempts, 1913-1931 Subjects: Area Studies; Politics & International Relations; Middle East Studies; International Politics; Security Studies - Pol & Intl Relns; International Relations; Middle East Culture; Middle East Economics; Middle East History; Middle East Politics; Middle East Society; Political Islam; Middle East Politics; Migration & Diaspora; Regionalism; Conflict Resolution; Peace Studies; Terrorism; War & Conflict Studies; Most students of the history of Arab-Jewish relations have come to take for granted the stubborn resistance of the continuing dispute to any form of lasting and 'reasonable' solution. This book, first published in 1983, examines early Arab-Zionist negotiating experience with the assumption that this has direct relevance to our understanding of the possible outcomes of diplomatic approaches to resolving the conflict. Its main purpose is to assemble (half of the book consists of original souce documents) and discuss some of the raw material which may help readers focus more clearly on the origins of the conflict, and perhaps to eliminate some recurring fallacies about its development and the prospects for its resolution. An examination of the period 1913 to 1931 reveals of wealth of previous negotiating experience which is today largely forgotten, and indicates that there was little or no movement of any of the parties in the direction of modifying its basic minimum demands and aspirations. |
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