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SUMMARY:Dear Palestine: A Social History of the 1948 War
DESCRIPTION:In 1948\, a war broke out that would result in Israeli independ
 ence and the erasure of Arab Palestine. Over twenty months\, thousands of 
 Jews and Arabs came from all over the world to join those already on the g
 round to fight in the ranks of the Israel Defense Forces and the Arab Libe
 ration Army. With this book\, the young men and women who made up these ar
 mies come to life through their letters home\, writing about everything fr
 om daily life to nationalism\, colonialism\, race\, and the character of t
 heir enemies. Shay Hazkani offers a new history of the 1948 War through th
 ese letters\, focusing on the people caught up in the conflict and its tra
 nsnational reverberations.\n\nDear Palestine also examines how the archite
 cts of the conflict worked to influence and indoctrinate key ideologies in
  these ordinary soldiers\, by examining battle orders\, pamphlets\, army m
 agazines\, and radio broadcasts. Through two narratives—the official and
  unofficial\, the propaganda and the personal letters—Dear Palestine rev
 eals the fissures between sanctioned nationalism and individual identity. 
 This book reminds us that everyday people's fear\, bravery\, arrogance\, c
 ruelty\, lies\, and exaggerations are as important in history as the preoc
 cupations of the elites.\n\nFeaturing:\n\nShay Hazkani: A historian of the
  modern Middle East\, with a particular interest in the social and cultura
 l history of Palestine/Israel\, and Middle Eastern Jews. In his research a
 nd teaching he focuses on the interactions between elites and non-elites\,
  and how ideas which emanate from elites and state institutions were trans
 formed and subverted as they make their way to the reflections and conduct
  of ordinary people.\n\nShira Robinson:  Professor Robinson specializes i
 n social and cultural history of the Modern Middle East\, with an emphasis
  on colonialism\, citizenship\, nationalism\, and cultures of militarism a
 fter World War I. She joined GW in 2007 after two years of teaching at the
  University of Iowa and one year as Visiting Fellow at the Davis Center fo
 r Historical Studies at Princeton University. She received her B.A. in Mid
 dle Eastern and North African Studies from the University of Michigan and 
 her M.A. and Ph.D. in History from Stanford University.
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