John Quigley is the President's Club Professor in Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and a leading expert on the Arab-Israeli conflict. His recent publications include The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense (2013) and The Statehood of Palestine: International Law in the Middle East Conflict (2010).

'In this book, John Quigley continues to champion the Palestinian cause. He has labored mightily for right in a field where the very same diplomacy that he describes has made it impossible for even those with the best intentions to advance basic legal and human rights for the Palestinian people.' M. Cherif Bassiouni, Emeritus Professor of Law, DePaul University

• 1. A public relations imperative; 2. Promises, promises; 3. Pranks in Paris and Geneva; 4. Courting the commissar; 5. Saving Europe's Jews - our way; 6. Smoke and mirrors at the YMCA; 7. The ship that launched a nation; 8. Cocktails at the consulate; 9. Causing chaos; 10. Denying the undeniable; 11. A peace-loving state?; 12. Joining the world with fingers crossed; 13. Israel 1, United Nations 0; 14. A phantom attack; 15. Sabras in Sinai: pardon my French; 16. Suez smoke-screen; 17. Mr Nasser, please attack; 18. Abba Eban's finest hour; 19. Old issues, new lies; 20. An organization turned sinister; 21. Prevarication pays.

John Quigley is the President's Club Professor in Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and a leading expert on the Arab-Israeli conflict. His recent publications include The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense (2013) and The Statehood of Palestine: International Law in the Middle East Conflict (2010).

'In this book, John Quigley continues to champion the Palestinian cause. He has labored mightily for right in a field where the very same diplomacy that he describes has made it impossible for even those with the best intentions to advance basic legal and human rights for the Palestinian people.' M. Cherif Bassiouni, Emeritus Professor of Law, DePaul University

• 1. A public relations imperative; 2. Promises, promises; 3. Pranks in Paris and Geneva; 4. Courting the commissar; 5. Saving Europe's Jews - our way; 6. Smoke and mirrors at the YMCA; 7. The ship that launched a nation; 8. Cocktails at the consulate; 9. Causing chaos; 10. Denying the undeniable; 11. A peace-loving state?; 12. Joining the world with fingers crossed; 13. Israel 1, United Nations 0; 14. A phantom attack; 15. Sabras in Sinai: pardon my French; 16. Suez smoke-screen; 17. Mr Nasser, please attack; 18. Abba Eban's finest hour; 19. Old issues, new lies; 20. An organization turned sinister; 21. Prevarication pays.

John Quigley is the President's Club Professor in Law at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law and a leading expert on the Arab-Israeli conflict. His recent publications include The Six-Day War and Israeli Self-Defense (2013) and The Statehood of Palestine: International Law in the Middle East Conflict (2010).

'In this book, John Quigley continues to champion the Palestinian cause. He has labored mightily for right in a field where the very same diplomacy that he describes has made it impossible for even those with the best intentions to advance basic legal and human rights for the Palestinian people.' M. Cherif Bassiouni, Emeritus Professor of Law, DePaul University

• 1. A public relations imperative; 2. Promises, promises; 3. Pranks in Paris and Geneva; 4. Courting the commissar; 5. Saving Europe's Jews - our way; 6. Smoke and mirrors at the YMCA; 7. The ship that launched a nation; 8. Cocktails at the consulate; 9. Causing chaos; 10. Denying the undeniable; 11. A peace-loving state?; 12. Joining the world with fingers crossed; 13. Israel 1, United Nations 0; 14. A phantom attack; 15. Sabras in Sinai: pardon my French; 16. Suez smoke-screen; 17. Mr Nasser, please attack; 18. Abba Eban's finest hour; 19. Old issues, new lies; 20. An organization turned sinister; 21. Prevarication pays.