O Jerusalem!
O Jerusalem! is a history book published in 1971 by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins that seeks to capture the events surrounding the creation of Israel, and the 1948 [Palestinian expulsion and flight|subsequent expulsion and flight of Palestinians].
Introduction
The book is the result of two years of research by the authors, which consisted of several thousand interviews, and an examination of a series of publicly available documents and relevant materials. These became the basic materials for presenting the story of the birth of the modern state of Israel, as well a crucial early reader into the circumstances surrounding the Causes of the [1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight|creation of the Palestinian refugee crisis].Presentation
The book has forty-six chapters which was grouped into four parts:- Part One: A Time to Mourn and a Time to Dance has six chapters.
- Part Two: A House Against Itself has eleven chapters.
- Part Three: A City Besieged has thirteen chapters.
- Part Four: A City Divided has sixteen chapters.
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