The Arabs and the Holocaust : the Arab-Israeli war of narratives / Gilbert Achcar ; translated by G.M. Goshgarian.

Author/creator Achcar, Gilbert
Format Book
Edition1st U.S. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Metropolitan Books, 2010.
Descriptionx, 386 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Public opinion.
Arabs--Attitudes.
Public opinion--Arab countries.
National socialism--Public opinion.
Antisemitism--Public opinion.
Jews--Public opinion.
Arab countries--Relations. --Israel.
Israel--Relations. --Arab countries.

Uniform titleArabes et la Shoah. English
Contents Part I: The Time of the Shoah -- Arab Reactions to Nazism and Anti-Semitism, 1933-47 -- 1. The Liberal Westernizers -- 2. The Marxists -- 3. The Nationalists -- 4. Reactionary and/or Fundamentalist Pan-Islamists -- Part II: The Time of Nakba -- Arab Attitudes to the Jews and the Holocaust from 1948 to the Present -- 5. The Nasser Years (1948-67) -- 6. The PLO Years (1967-88) -- 7. The Year of the Islamic Resistances (1988 to the Present) -- Conclusion: Stigmas and Stigmatization
Abstract Considers conflicting Middle-East perspectives on the Holocaust, analyzing such topics as Arab responses to Nazism, the creation of Israel, and the destruction of Palestine.
General noteOriginally published in France by Actes Sud as Les arabes et la Shoah.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-358) and index.
LCCN 2009035591
ISBN9780805089547 (alk. paper)
ISBN0805089543 (alk. paper)

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