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Title: The Arabs and the Holocaust
Condition: New
Format: Paperback
Subtitle: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives
EAN: 9780863564581
ISBN: 9780863564581
Publisher: Saqi Books
Release Date: 02/06/2011
Description: The Arab-Israeli conflict goes far beyond the wars waged on Middle East battlefields. There is also a war of narratives revolving around the two defining traumas of the conflict: the Holocaust and the Nakba. One side is charged with Holocaust denial, the other with exploiting a tragedy while denying the tragedies of others. In this path-breaking book, political scientist Gilbert Achcar explores these conflicting narratives and considers their role in today's Middle East dispute. He analyzes the various Arab responses to the Holocaust, from the earliest intimations of the genocide, through the creation of Israel and the occupation of Palestine, and up to our own time, critically assessing the political and historical context for these responses. Achcar offers a unique ideological mapping of the Arab world, in the process defusing an international propaganda war that has become a major stumbling block in the path of Arab-Western understanding.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 210mm
Item Length: 135mm
Author: Gilbert Achcar
Genre: History
Topic: Military History
Release Year: 2011

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