I recommend, “Palestine: 1936” by Oren Kessler. It is a detailed account of the Great Arab Revolt prior to WW II. The Epilogue is a good overview of the 20th century events pre and post 1948.
As to whether your firend’s list is biased or not, I haven’t read it all yet. I trust Benny Morris as a historian, but not Rashid Kahlidi on anything. There are so many different perspectives on the conflict within the broad Jewish community, but I don’t find that same diversity of opinions within the Arab community. Hence I tend to assume Arab/Palestinian work is biased before reading it. This troubles me. Am I wrong about this?
I recommend, “Palestine: 1936” by Oren Kessler. It is a detailed account of the Great Arab Revolt prior to WW II. The Epilogue is a good overview of the 20th century events pre and post 1948.
As to whether your firend’s list is biased or not, I haven’t read it all yet. I trust Benny Morris as a historian, but not Rashid Kahlidi on anything. There are so many different perspectives on the conflict within the broad Jewish community, but I don’t find that same diversity of opinions within the Arab community. Hence I tend to assume Arab/Palestinian work is biased before reading it. This troubles me. Am I wrong about this?