Description:
One of BBC History Magazine's Books of the Year
From a leading scholar of Palestine-Israel, a brief, essential history of the besieged strip of land, revealing the long-term roots of Israel's destruction of Gaza.
Brief description: Muhammad Shehada is a political analyst, writer, and human-rights activist from Gaza, and a visiting fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Review Quotes: A timely and highly informative history of Gaza that is sure to dispel many of the misconceptions and misinformation circulating and currently widespread. It will remind readers of what was lost in the course of Israel's aggression as well as recognizing Gaza's resilience.--Raja Shehadeh, author of What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?