In this authoritative collection of essays Benny Morris examines and elucidates aspects of the Arab exodus from Palestine in 1948, focusing on Israeli decision-making and the causes of the mass exile.

New to the paperback:

Two chapters, `The New Historiography: Israel and its Past' and `The Transfer of Al Majdal's Remaining Arabs to Gaza, 1950' have been expanded and an entirely new chapter, `Yosef Nahmani and the Arab Question in 1948' has been added for this new paperback edition.