Table of Contents

1.Why the Middle East is so Volatile 2. Reactive Imperialism 3. Victim or Failed Aggressor? The Ottoman Entry into the First World War 4. Rethinking the Creation of the Modern Middle East 5. Cold War, Post-Cold War: Does it Make a Difference for the Middle East? 6. The Long Tail of Arab Anti-Semitism 7. The Collusion that never was - King Abdallah, the Jewish Agency, and the Partition of Palestine 8. Were the Palestinians Expelled? 9. The Palestinians and the Right of Return 10. Rewriting Israel's History 11. Revisionists, Arabists, and Pure Charlatans

About the Author

Professor Efraim Karsh is based at the School of Humanities, King's College London. He is the Series Editor of the Israeli History, Politics and Society series and author of, amongst other books, Fabricating Israeli History.