Morris, Benny 1948-

Overview

Works:	88 works in 409 publications in 7 languages and 15,870 library holdings
Genres:	History Military history Documentary films Nonfiction films Biography
Roles:	Author, Editor
Classifications:	DS119.7, 956.042

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Benny Morris

Old historians, new historians, no historians : the derailed debate on the genesis of Israel by Raphael Israeli( Book )
Mā baʻda al-Ṣahyūnīyah : bayna al-ḥayāh wa-al-mawt( Book )
The New York Times book review( Book )

Most widely held works by Benny Morris

1948 : a history of the first Arab-Israeli war by Benny Morris( Book )

20 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and Hebrew and held by 2,520 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. Besides the military account, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Historian Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation. The Arab side--where the archives are still closed--is illuminated with the help of intelligence and diplomatic materials. Morris stresses the jihadi character of the two-stage Arab assault on the Jewish community in Palestine. He examines the dialectic between the war's military and political developments and highlights the military impetus in the creation of the Palestinian refugee problem. He looks both at high politics and general staff decision-making and at the nitty-gritty of combat in the battles that resulted in the emergence of the State of Israel and the humiliation of the Arab world--a humiliation that underlies the continued Arab antagonism toward Israel.--From publisher description

One state, two states : resolving the Israel/Palestine conflict by Benny Morris( )

21 editions published between 2009 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,931 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The book scrutinises the history of the goals of the Palestinian national movement and the Zionist movement, then considers the various one- and two-state proposals made by different streams within the two movements

Making Israel by Benny Morris( )

16 editions published between 2004 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,882 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Benny Morris is the founding father of the New Historians, a group of Israeli scholars who have challenged long-established perceptions about the origins of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Their research documented crimes and atrocities committed by the Israeli armed forces, including rape, torture, and ethnic cleansing. With Making Israel, Morris brings together the first collection of translated articles on the New History by leading Zionist and revisionist Israeli historians, providing Americans with a view of this debate and enabling a better understanding of how the New Historians have influenced Israelis' awareness of their own past. --From publisher's description

Righteous victims : a history of the Zionist-Arab conflict, 1881-1999 by Benny Morris( Book )

39 editions published between 1999 and 2001 in English and held by 1,679 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Tracing the successes and failures of politicians, generals, and diplomats in both camps, he regards their actions and plight with accuracy and empathy, drawing on archival materials, memoirs, and secondary works to give a vivid account of each major military encounter - and of the vicissitudes of peace efforts from the post-1948 negotiations through the Camp David (1977-79), Oslo (1993-95), and Wye River Plantation (1998) accords."--BOOK JACKET. "Righteous Victims ends with Mr. Morris's analysis of the current state of play, when the election of Ehud Barak as prime minister (May 1999) has opened the door to a renewal of negotiations between Israel and its Palestinian and Syrian neighbors."--Jacket

Israel's border wars, 1949-1956 : Arab infiltration, Israeli retaliation, and the countdown to the Suez War by Benny Morris( )

25 editions published between 1993 and 2005 in English and Hebrew and held by 1,458 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This pioneering book looks at the development of Israeli-Arab relations during the formative years 1949 to 1956, focusing on Arab infiltration into Israel and Israeli retaliation. Palestinian refugee raiding and cross-border attacks by Egyptian-controlled irregulars and commandos were a core phenomenon during this period and one of the chief causes of Israel's invasion of Sinai and the Gaza strip, the Israeli part of the Anglo-French-Israeli invasion of Egypt in 1956. Benny Morris probes the types of Arab infiltration and the attitude of Arab governments towards the phenomenon and traces the evolution of Israel's defensive and offensive responses. He analyses Israeli decision-making processes, including the emergence and ultimate failure of Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett's dissident policy of moderation, and describes in detail the history of the Arab infiltration, including the terrorist-guerrilla raids by state-organized Fedayeen in 1955-6, and of the IDF raids against Sharafat, Beit Jala, Qibya, Gaza, the Syrian Sea of Galilee positions, and the Sabha. This was a precedent-setting period in the making of Israeli defence policy, and this pattern of raiding and counter-raiding served to define Israeli-Arab relations during the subsequent three to four decades. In this study Dr Morris deepens our understanding of the evolution of the Israeli-Arab conflict and of the crossroads at which a possible peace settlement was missed

The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem revisited by Benny Morris( )

26 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in English and held by 1,310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While the focus remains on the 1948 war and the analysis of the Palestinian exodus, this edition contains more information about what happened in Jerusalem, Jaffa and Haifa, and how events there led to the collapse of Palestinian urban society

The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem, 1947-1949 by Benny Morris( Book )

33 editions published between 1987 and 1998 in English and Hebrew and held by 1,148 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The road to Jerusalem : Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews by Benny Morris( )

22 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,145 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book examines the personal vision of General Sir John Glubb, British pro-Consul in the Middle East and commander of the Arab Legion between 1936-1956. It offers the first in-depth account of Glubb's thinking and actions during 1948, as he led his small army into Palestine and war against Israel. His aims and actions, which lie at the very heart of the controversy between "Old" and "New" historians of the Arab-Israeli conflict, are carefully detailed using, for the first time, contemporary British, Arab Legion, and Israel Defense Forces intelligence sources

Israel's secret wars : a history of Israel's intelligence services by Ian Black( Book )

24 editions published between 1991 and 2003 in English and held by 1,130 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A documented, comprehensive history of all three of Israel's intelligence services, from their origins in the 1930s, up to the present

1948 and after : Israel and the Palestinians by Benny Morris( Book )

33 editions published between 1980 and 2003 in English and held by 551 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

These essays, three of which appear for the first time, examine and elucidate aspects of the Arab exodus from Palestine in 1948, focusing on Israeli decision-making and the causes of the mass exile

The roots of appeasement : the British weekly press and Nazi Germany during the 1930s by Benny Morris( Book )

9 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Victimes : histoire revisitée du conflit arabo-sioniste by Benny Morris( Book )

19 editions published between 2001 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 150 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Israel's secret wars : a history of the Israeli secret service by Ian Black( Book )

14 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fredsforhandlinger, Camp David, Iran og Kurdere, PLO og Entebbe; Libanon, Terror, Invasion, Kristne Falangister, Beirut, Shiitere; Okkupationer fra 1984, Hijacking, kidnapping, Landau Kommissionen, Pollard-affæren, Vanunu-affæren, Ismail Sowan, Operation Moses; Intifadaen, Tunis, Propaganda, Qabatiya; Konklu

Righteous victims : a history of the Zionist-Arab conflict, 1881-1998 by Benny Morris( Book )

2 editions published in 1999 in English and held by 92 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tiḳun ṭaʻut : Yehudim ve-ʻAravim be-Erets-Yiśraʼel, 1936-1956 by Benny Morris( Book )

2 editions published in 2000 in Hebrew and held by 40 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mossad, Shin Bet, Aman : die Geschichte der israelischen Geheimdienste by Ian Black( Book )

3 editions published in 1994 in German and held by 39 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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7 editions published between 2004 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 38 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This history of the foundational war in the Arab-Israeli conflict is groundbreaking, objective, and deeply revisionist. A riveting account of the military engagements, it also focuses on the war's political dimensions. Benny Morris probes the motives and aims of the protagonists on the basis of newly opened Israeli and Western documentation. The Arab side-where the archives are still closed-is illuminated with the help of intelligence and diplomatic materials. Morris stresses the jihadi character of the two-stage Arab assault on the Jewish community in Palestine. Throughout, he examines the di

Mossad by Ian Black( Book )

8 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in Italian and held by 33 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Getrennte Welten - getrennte Geschichte(n)? : zur politischen Bedeutung von Erinnerungskultur im israelisch-palästinensischen Konflikt. Im Anhang : Interviews / mit Benny Morris ... by Karin Joggerst( Book )

1 edition published in 2002 in German and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Al Nakba : the Palestinian catastrophe 1948 by Benny Brunner( Visual )

2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 27 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Focuses on the effects of the 1947 partitioning of Palestine, specifically on the plight of Palestinian refugees