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War in the Holy Land : from Meggido to the West Bank
- Title
- War in the Holy Land : from Meggido to the West Bank / Andrew Duncan and Michel Opatowski ; foreword by Robert O'Neill.
- Author
- Duncan, Andrew, Colonel
- Publication
- Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton Pub., 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | DS119.2 .D85 1998 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Opatowski, Michel.
- Description
- xii, 212 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 27 cm
- Summary
- "In the only comprehensive historical atlas of its kind, the history of the Holy Land is described, beginning with the Canaanite defeat by the Egyptians at Meggido in 1468 BC and ending with the latest peace negotiations between Jew and Arab in mid-1998." "The authoritative text is complemented by 100 specially commissioned high quality maps and further supported by a series of archive photographs and illustrations that reveal how, over three millennia, the sand and soil of the Holy Land has been bitterly contested."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-209) and index.
- Contents
- I. Introduction -- II. The first battle of Meggido -- III. The Israelite conquest -- Introduction and overview -- The Israelite entry into Canaan: the battle of Jericho and Ai -- Defeat of Sisera by Deborah: Early twelfth century BC -- The battle of Endor -- The campaigns of David.
- IV. The Pre-Roman conquests -- The Assyrian conquest -- The Babylonian conquest -- The Persian Empire -- Alexander the Great -- The Ptolemies and the Seleucids -- The Maccabean Revolt and the Hasmonean era.
- V. The Romans to the Crusaders -- The Roman conquest -- The first revolt and the siege of Masada -- The second or Bar Kochba Revolt -- The birth of Islam and the Ummayid Conquest -- The Abbasid Conquest -- The break-up of Arab solidarity.
- VI. The Crusades -- Introduction and chronology -- The First Crusade: The march to Antioch -- The First Crusade: The fighting at Antioch -- The First Crusade: The march to Jerusalem -- The Battle of the Horns of Hattin -- The Third Crusade.
- VII. The Muslim reconquest -- The Mamelukes -- The Ottoman Empire -- Napoleon's campaign and the Siege of Acre -- VIII. First World War -- Overview of the war against the Turks -- The battles for Gaza -- The Battle of Beersheba -- The surrender of Jerusalem to Allenby -- The Battle of Megiddo.
- VIII. The Israeli War of Independence -- The battles for the road to Jerusalem -- The fighting at Jerusalem -- The Battle for Yad Mordechai -- Operations 'Yoav' and 'Horev': Taking the Negev -- Operation 'Uvda': The advance to the Red Sea.
- IX. The Arab-Israeli wars -- The fighting between the major wars -- The 1956 Sinai campaign -- June 1967: Introduction to the Six Day War -- The capture of the Old City -- The capture of Sinai, 1967 -- The capture of the Golan Heights, 1967 -- The October War: Yom Kippur 1973, background and overview -- The Syrian attack on the Golan Heights -- The Egyptian attack across the canal -- The Israeli crossing of the anal and the encirclement of the Egyptian 3rd Army.
- X. Peace at last? -- Peace with Egypt -- Peace with Jordan -- Peace with Syria and Lebanon -- The Palestinian peace process.
- ISBN
- 0750915005
- 9780750915007
- LCCN
- 99194106
- OCLC
- ocm40222060
- 40222060
- SCSB-539980
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library