Plowshares into Swords Paperback by Arno Mayer

Product Details

• Publisher: Verso (2021-01-05)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 448 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781844672356
• Item Weight: 419.58 grams
• Dimensions: 20.98 x 14.05 x 2.9 cm

A critical history of Israel and the Arab–Israeli conflict

Eminent historian Arno J. Mayer traces the thinkers, leaders, and shifting geopolitical contexts that shaped the founding and development of the Israeli state. He recovers for posterity internal critics such as the philosopher Martin Buber, who argued for peaceful coexistence with the Palestinian Arabs. “A sense of limits is the better part of valour,” Mayer insists. Plowshares into Swords explores Israel’s indefinite deferral of the “Arab Question,” the strategic thinking behind the building of settlements and border walls, and the endurance of Palestinian resistance.

About the Author

Arno Mayer is Professor Emeritus of European History at Princeton University. His many books include The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War, The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions, Plowshares into Swords: From Zionism to Israel and Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? The “Final Solution” in History.