The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, Rashid Khalidi: Chapter 1, “Arab Society in Mandatory Palestine: David and Goliath in 1948” (pp. 1-22)  and Chapter 2, “The Palestinians and the British Mandate” (pp. 31-37)

Expulsion of the Palestinians: The Concept of “Transfer” in Zionist Political Thought, 1882–1948, Nur Masalha chapter 1 (pp. 5-27)