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Drawing a Line in the Sea: The Gaza Flotilla Incident and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - Softcover

Copeland, Thomas

 
9780739188071: Drawing a Line in the Sea: The Gaza Flotilla Incident and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Synopsis

The deadly May 31, 2010 Gaza flotilla incident has been misunderstood. This book explores the incident in more detail than mainstream media coverage has allowed—explaining the background, key players, and the incident itself—enriched by the authors having had unique access to senior Israeli officials in the immediate aftermath of the event. The incident is a microcosm of the struggle between terrorism and democratic societies, and raises a number of legal, ethical, and strategic political issues in the contemporary Middle East. Chapters address the political and military scenario preceding the incident, key state and non-state actors involved, military and ethical dimensions of the operation, and the aftermath in the media and politics. The book provides thoughtful and readable analysis that is useful to policy makers and to the general public, and draws some important conclusions for the continuing conflict between democratic states and terrorists and their sponsors.

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About the Authors

Alethia H. Cook is Chair of the Department of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies program at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. In addition, she has been involved in defense consulting for over 20 years.

David Walker, politics lecturer at Newcastle University, has been teaching courses on political theory, socialism, and Marxism for over 20 years. His authored publications include the book Marx, Methodology and Science, articles for the journal Studies in Marxism and a booklet on historical materialism for British A-Level students. He also edited Twentieth-Century Marxism: A Global Introduction.

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