The Middle East and Palestine to 1914: an overview -- Ottoman society, Palestine, and the origins of Zionism, 1800-1914 -- World War I, Great Britain, and the peace settlements -- Palestine between the wars: Zionism, the Palestinian Arabs, and the British mandate -- World War II and the creation of the state of Israel, 1939-1948 -- The beginning of the Arab-Israeli conflict: the search for security, 1949-1957 -- From Suez to the Six-Day War, 1957-1967 -- War and the search for peace in the Middle East, 1967-1976 -- Lebanon, the West Bank, and the Camp David Accords, 1977-1984: the Palestinian equation in the Arab-Israeli conflict -- A promise of peace?: the Israeli-Palestinian Accord in the context of world and regional events, 1984-1995.