The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949 (Cambridge Middle East Library)

This book is the first full-length study of the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem. Based on recently declassified Israeli, British and American state and party political papers and on hitherto untapped private papers, it traces the stages of the 1947-9 exodus against the backdrop of the first Arab-Israeli war and analyses the varied causes of the flight.Benny Morris is the author of 'The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949 (Cambridge Middle East Library)', published 1988 under ISBN 9780521330282 and ISBN 0521330289.