The Iron Wall

For this newly expanded edition, Avi Shlaim has added fourchapters and an epilogue that address the prime ministershipsfrom Barak to Netanyahu in the "one book everyoneshould read for a concise history of Israel's relations withArabs" (Independent). What was promulgated as an "iron-wall"strategy-building a position of unassailable strength-was meant to yield to a further stage where Israel would bestrong enough to negotiate a satisfactory peace with itsneighbors. The goal still remains elusive, if not even furtheraway. This penetrating study brilliantly illuminates past progressand future prospects for peace in the Middle East.