Might Over Right: How the Zionists Took Over Palestine

About this book

Might Over Right provides a critical account of one of the most remarkable stories in the twenty century’s history of international relations – the history of how in the relatively short time of 30 years, Zionist leaders, managed, with the help of Western supporters but mainly the British, to wrestle a country away from its inhabitants, and in the process to profoundly affect the course of international relations and fundamentally transform the history of the Middle East.

Extensively documented, relying mostly on Zionist, British, and Israeli sources, and sweeping in scope, the book makes a crucial contribution to the growing effort to challenge the simplistic and reductive accounts in media and scholarship in the West – one of the principal causes of the perpetuation of the conflict.

Might Over Right goes beyond the Israeli new historians’ accounts that focus on specific aspects of the Zionist–Palestinian confrontation. It also goes beyond the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 to critically analyze the latest dimensions of the Arab–Israeli conflict, and of the continued Israeli–Palestinian confrontation.

About the author

Professor Adel Safty is Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Russian Academy of Public Administration, Novosibirsk, Russia. He previously served as tenured university professor in Canada, Professor of International Relations in Turkey and Northern Cyprus, and Professor and College Dean in the United Arab Emirates. He also served as Head of UN Mission in Amman, Jordan. His many publications include From Camp David to the Gulf (Montreal), Democracy and Governance (Istanbul) and Leadership and Democracy (New York).

Reviews

• "Adel Safty’s meticulous and careful study reveals a shameful record of betrayal and tragedy…”, Noam Chomsky
• "Adel Safty’s new book, Might Over Right, is an important accomplishment. It is a powerful indictment of the Machiavellian politics of deception and brutality that uprooted a whole nation and dispossessed its people.”, Former Congressman Paul Findley

Details

Format: Hardback

Page extent: 314pp

Size: 235 x 155mm

Imprint: Garnet Publishing

ISBN: 978-1-85964-212-2

Published: January 2009