Iron Wall

Iron Wall Synopsis

For this newly expanded edition, Avi Shlaim has added fourchapters and an epilogue that address the prime ministershipsfrom Barak to Netanyahu in the "e;one book everyoneshould read for a concise history of Israel's relations withArabs"e; (Independent). What was promulgated as an "e;iron-wall"e;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.