Henry Laurens

is a Professor at the Collège de France. His works include La Question de Palestine, vols 1 and 2 (Fayard, Paris, 2001 and 2002).

Articles

1967: a war of miscalculation and misjudgment

Few foresaw the 1967 war and none guessed that it would create a profound upheaval across the Middle East. The defeat of Egypt’s Nasser and of Arab nationalism led to the emergence of political Islam and encouraged Palestinian resistance.

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