PART I THE PRESENT: TURMOIL IN THE HOLY LAND
1. BIRTH OF A JEWISH STATE
2. OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
3. ARAFAT’S ISLANDS
4. SYRIA AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS
5. PALESTINIAN REFUGEES
6. PEOPLE OF THE HOLY LAND
7. A LONGING FOR PEACE

PART II THE PAST AS PROLOGUE: FROM ABRAHAM TO ARAFAT
8. THE PATRIARCHS
9. THE EXODUS
10. THE PROMISED LAND
11. KINGDOMS AND POWER
12. IN THE WAKE OF EMPIRES
13. GREEKS AND ROMANS
14. SOURCES AND EVIDENCE
15. JESUS CHRIST
16. THE NEW FAITH SPREADS
17. SITES OF PILGRIMAGE
18. THE JEWISH REVOLTS AND THE DIASPORA
19. THE HIGH POINT OF EMPIRE
20. THE BYZANTINES
21. THE COMING OF ISLAM
22. THE CRUSADERS
23. THE TURKS
24. THE MANDATE YEARS AND AFTER: ROOTS OF ARAB ANGER
25. THE ROOTS OF MODERN ISRAEL
26. SHARON AND ARAFAT: ANTAGONISTS AT SEVENTY

PART III TODAY: IN THE VORTEX
27. A SHATTERING OF DREAMS
28. THE WIDER CONFLICT
29. THE ONLY WAY OUT