Ilan Pappe 2 Books Collection Set - Middle East History - Non Fiction - Paperback

Titles in This Set. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories. Details. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN (The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine): 9781851685554. ISBN (The Biggest Prison on Earth): 9781786073419. Publisher: Oneworld Publications. Age Range: Adult / Academic readership. Overview. This two-book paperback set brings together two of Ilan Pappe's most influential works on Palestine and Israel. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine examines the events of 1947-49, while The Biggest Prison on Earth traces the decades of occupation that followed. Together they form a continuous, archive-based narrative running from the founding of the state of Israel through to the modern administration of the Occupied Territories, making this collection an essential resource for students, researchers, and general readers of Middle East history.. About the Books. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine is Ilan Pappe's landmark study of the displacement of the Palestinian population between 1947 and 1949. Drawing on Israeli military archives, Pappe sets out a detailed, village-by-village account of the destruction of Palestinian communities, challenging the long-held view that the population left of its own accord. Instead, he argues that a coordinated plan of expulsion underpinned the founding of the state, and he documents the human cost of that plan with painstaking archival detail.. The Biggest Prison on Earth picks up the story where the earlier book leaves off, moving from the events of 1948 to the decades of military occupation that followed in Gaza and the West Bank. Using recently declassified material, Pappe examines the legal frameworks, security apparatus, and political decision-making that shaped life under occupation for more than a million Palestinians, presenting the Occupied Territories as, in effect, a vast open-air prison. The book combines policy analysis with a close look at everyday conditions on the gr