| Description |
xviii, 410 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: a lonely ship on a hostile sea: Jerusalem under siege -- A rock and a high place: David and the Jebusites, 1000 BCE -- The end of the beginning: Nebuchadnezzar and the Neo-Babylonians, 586 BCE -- Oil upon troubled waters: the Maccabean rebellion, 165 BCE -- In blood and fire: the first and second Jewish Revolts, 70 and 135 CE -- The "holy house": the arrival of Islam, 638 CE -- For God, gold, and glory: the Crusaders and Saladin, 1099 and 1187 CE -- The sultan and the city: Selim I and the Ottomans, 1516 CE -- Peace to their ashes, honor to their memory: Allenby and the Allied forces, 1917 CE -- Jerusalem of gold: the Arab-Israeli wars, 1948 and 1967 CE -- Speak tenderly to Jerusalem: the Intifadas and beyond |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [361]-395) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Jerusalem http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81126877 -- History, Military.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005863
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| LC no. |
2004007661 |
| ISBN |
0472031201 (paperback) |
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0472113135 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780472031207 (paperback) |
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9780472113132 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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