This book features critically acclaimed, prize-winning account by Chaim Herzog; fully updated to the ongoing antifada; and incisive, detailed history and analysis. This book tells the epic story of Israel's struggle to exist through the triumphs and tragedies of the first thirty five years of its life, providing a blow by blow account of one of history's most bitter and enduring conflicts - Arab versus Jew. As well as describing every campaign in absorbing and incisive detail - full of desperate defensive actions against massive odds in outlying settlements, fast-paced armoured battles, and breathtaking strategy - Herzog highlights the personal and political struggles that have determined the Middle East conflict.