Contested Spaces: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

by Ian J. Bickerton, Maria Hill

196 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2010

About the author

Ian James Bickerton was educated at the University of Adelaide in South Australia, where he gained his B.A. with Honors in History. He received his M.A. at Kansas State University before completing his Ph.D. at the Claremont Graduate School, CA. He is a member of the School of History at the University of New South Wales, and has taught the history of the modern U.S.A., the history of U.S. foreign relations, and the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict. He has also taught at the University of California Santa Barbara, the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and he has lectured in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and Israel.

Ian has traveled widely in the U.S. carried out research in most U.S. presidential libraries (where he met President Harry. S. Truman) and Israeli State Archives, and during the past decade has taught U.S exchange students in Florence, Italy.

Reviews

[Millie Muroi · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really awesome overview of the ever-relevant Arab-Israeli conflict and a textbook that I wish I'd gotten to read earlier. I loved the historical documents and perspectives (primary and secondary) throughout the book and questions which interrogate the reader's understanding and guide thought processes. Studying history really makes you appreciate perspectives and this book quite perfectly encapsulates the inquisitory nature of history :)