The Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict

by Jonathan Spyer

Overview

The Transforming Fire sets out to explain how the rise of Islamism is changing the nature of the conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441166630
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/18/2010
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	972,192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jonathan Spyer immigrated to Israel from Britain in 1991. He is a senior research fellow at the Global Research in International Affairs Center in Herzliya, Israel, and a columnist at the Jerusalem Post newspaper. Spyer holds a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a Masters' Degree in Middle East Politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He served in a front-line unit of the Israel Defense Forces in 1992-3, and fought in the war in Lebanon in summer 2006. Between 1996 and 2000, Spyer was an employee of the Israel Prime Minister's Office. His articles have also appeared in the Guardian, Haaretz, London Times, Washington Times,Toronto Globe and Mail, the Australian, British Jourbanal of Middle East Studies, Israel Affairs and Middle East Review of International Affairs.

Table of Contents

Prologue. "Not all of us will be coming back"1. History's Resurrection2. Muqawama: Islamism's rise3. A New Jerusalem4. The Middle East Cold War5. Conversations in the Season of Remembrance6. Broken Borders7. A Grave Missed Opportunity8. The Verdict of Deir Mimas9. The Transforming Fire