A Short History of the Gaza Strip: 'Essential reading' Guardian - Couverture souple

Irfan, Anne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1398565393 ISBN 13 : 9781398565395

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2026

Synopsis

‘An excellent primer . . . Essential reading’ GUARDIAN

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History matters, especially in Palestine.

In this essential account, historian Anne Irfan reveals the long-term roots of Israel’s genocidal destruction of Gaza. She examines six key moments in its history that provide vital context for the present day, beginning with Israel’s expulsion of the Palestinian people in 1948, when the Gaza region was truncated to a tiny ‘Strip’ of 141 square miles, through to Israel’s occupations, the first intifada and the rise of Hamas. Drawing on a decade of meticulous research, she cuts through the misinformation and conflicting narratives to tell a story that begins long before the Hamas-led attacks of October 7 and centres Gaza as a microcosm of the Palestinian struggle. Clear-sighted and compassionate, this is an account that foregrounds the voices of Palestinians of all walks of life, from farmers and teachers to poets and activists.

A Short History of the Gaza Strip is an indispensable primer for anyone seeking to deepen their knowledge of Palestine and the wider region. 

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‘Brings an unsparing moral clarity and deep insight to this timely, scholarly, humane and profoundly tragic tale’ WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, NEW STATESMAN 

‘Wonderfully informative, nuanced, humane’ BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE Book of the Year

‘Written with passion, precision and clarity’ IRISH INDEPENDENT

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anne Irfan is a multiple award-winning historian and lecturer in Interdisciplinary Race, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at University College London, where her work focuses on Palestine-Israel. She is a leading expert on Palestinian refugee rights and in 2023 published the academic book Refuge and Resistance: Palestinians and the International Refugee System. She was previously lecturer at the University of Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre and has also taught at the London School of Economics.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

From a leading scholar of Palestine-Israel, a brief, essential history of the besieged strip of land, revealing the roots of the current crisis.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1398565393
• ISBN 13: 9781398565395
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Van Ditmar Boeken, VDB Sales; sales@vanditmar.nl; ; Hondiuslaan 44; Utrecht; 3528 AB; Pays-Bas