First published in 1978, this 2008 edition brings to the limelight again the turmoil of May 1948, when the British left Palestine, and blood and fire engulfed Jerusalem. The Israeli-Arab conflict had begun and continues to hound the world today, impacting other nations and worldwide politics. What’s New about This Edition?. . . As relevant today as it was in 1948 when the conflict began, the book’s ‘newness’ lies in the intimate, heart-wrenching Preface by Dominique Lapierre, the surviving author of the best-selling duo. Hailed as an apolitical, unbiased account of living history, O Jerusalem! traverses the partition of Palestine into two distinct States, the departure of the British, the birth of Israel, and the state of a conflict between Arabs and Jews that has since, never ceased to rage. • A 16-page photo layout showcases the authors’ meeting with David Ben-Gurion, the founder of Israel, and Golda Meir, as also scenes from the French film O Jerusalem! • For a whole new generation of readers, this revised and enlarged format unfolds a topical subject that contiues to impact the world.

Table of Contents:
• Preface to the Revised Edition • Prologue • PART ONE: JERUSALEM: ‘A TIME TO MOURN AND A TIME TO DANCE’ 1. Decision at Flushing Meadow 2. ‘At Last We Are a Free People’ 3. ‘Papa Has Returned’ 4. Two Passengers to Prague 5. Two Peoples, Two Armies 6. ‘We Will Strangle Jerusalem’ • PART TWO: JERUSALEM: A HOUSE AGAINS ITSELF 1. ‘Are We Not Neighbours . . .? 2. The Santa Claus of the Haganah 3. Journey to Absurdity 4. ‘Bab El Wad on the Road to the City’ 5. Golda Meir’s Twenty-Five ‘Stephans’ 6. ‘Salvation Comes from the Sky’ 7. ‘We Shall Become as Hard as Stone’ 8. A Flash of White Light 9. An Unlikely Lawrence 10. The Haberdasher from Kansas City 11. The Convoy Will Not Arrive • PART THREE: JERUSALEM: A CITY BESIEGED 1. A House in the Middle of Hell 2. ‘Hang on to Jerusalem with Your Teeth’ 3. Six Words on a Bumper 4. ‘One of the Arabs We Killed Last Night’ 5. The Peace of Deir Yassin 6. ‘Shalom, My Dear . . .’ 7. ‘Attack and Attack and Attack’ 8. A Message from Glubb Pasha 9. ‘We Shall Come Back’ 10. ‘Throw Stones and Die’ 11. By Just One Vote 12. The Last Supper 13. The Fifth Day of Iyar • PART FOUR: JERUSALEM: A CITY DIVIDED 1. ‘These Shall Stand’ 2. ‘The Most Beautiful Month of the Year’ 3. ‘Go Save Jerusalem’ 4. ‘A Lament for a Generation’ 5. ‘Yosef Has Saved Jerusalem’ 6. ‘Take Latrun’ 7. Ticket to a Promised Land 8. ‘Execute Your Task at All Costs’ 9. The Wheatfields of Latrun 10. ‘. . . Remember Me Only in Happiness’ 11. ‘Goodnight and Goodbye from Jerusalem’ 12. ‘We’ll Open a New Road’ 13. ‘The Arab people Will Never Forgive Us’ 14. A Toast to the Living 15. The Thirty-Day Pause 16. The Flawed Trumpet • Epilogue • Acknowledgements • Chapter Notes • Bibliography • Index