The Routledge Atlas of the Arab‐Israeli Conflict (9th edition)

The tragic and intractable conflict in the Middle East has been under way for so long that Martin Gilbert's atlas of it has gone through nine editions, three publishers, and three titles since 1974. It is a conflict which in many aspects lends itself to presentation in maps, 205 of which appear in this edition, with very little text; unsurprisingly, there is neither a bibliography nor an index. The maps, all in monochrome, are generally drawn in as simple a manner as their subjects will allow, so that (for instance) even those of the Golan Heights give no indication of...