dc.contributor.author | Weiss, Lindsey | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-05T20:42:47Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-14T14:32:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-05T20:42:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-14T14:32:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244.46/77 | |
dc.description | © 2016, The Journal of Global Affairs is the official student research publication of the Department of International and Area Studies in the College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Correspondence may be sent to: Journal of Global Affairs, C/O CIS/DIAS, 729 Elm Avenue, Hester Hall 150, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States of America. Email: jga@ou.edu. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The 1948 War was a triumphant victory for the Jews of Israel and a
tragic disaster for the Arabs of Palestine. The traditional Zionist
rendition of the war, or “old” history, depicts Israel as a fledgling
Jewish state heroically thrust into a survivalist fight for independence.
Revisionist works of “new” history challenge these accounts, and reject
Israel’s role as an innocent protagonist in the conflict. While there is
extensive literature analyzing these conflicting narratives in depth,
there exists a lack of academic writing that objectively compares the
two accounts through the lens of specific historical events. This paper
discusses the differences in new and old history in the context of the
1948 War, specifically focusing on the issues of the Arab-Israeli
military balance, the motivation behind Arab war objectives, and the
origins of the Palestinian refugee crisis. It concludes that no narrative
has a complete monopoly of historical accuracy, and that it is necessary
to consider information from both sides in order to obtain a
comprehensive understanding of the 1948 War. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Journal of Global Affairs is published in conjunction with the College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | The Journal of Global Affairs;Volume V | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | History, Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 | en_US |
dc.subject | Historical Narratives | en_US |
dc.subject | Arab War Objectives | en_US |
dc.subject | Arab-Israeli Military Balance | en_US |
dc.subject | Palestinian Refugee Crisis | en_US |
dc.title | Conflicting Narratives of the 1948 War | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.description.undergraduate | undergraduate | |