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Inspired by stories he heard in the West Bank as a child; Hillel Cohen uncovers a hidden history in this extraordinary and beautifully written book—a history central to the narrative of the Israel-Palestine conflict but for the most part willfully ignored until now. In Army of Shadows; initially published in Israel to high acclaim and intense controversy; he tells the story of Arabs who; from the very beginning of the Arab-Israeli encounter; sided with the Zionists and aided them politically; economically; and in security matters. Based on newly declassified documents and research in Zionist; Arab; and British sources; Army of Shadows follows Bedouins who hosted Jewish neighbors; weapons dealers; pro-Zionist propagandists; and informers and local leaders who cooperated with the Zionists; and others to reveal an alternate history of the mandate period with repercussions extending to this day. The book illuminates the Palestinian nationalist movement; which branded these "collaborators" as traitors and persecuted them; the Zionist movement; which used them to undermine Palestinian society from within and betrayed them; and the collaborators themselves; who held an alternate view of Palestinian nationalism. Army of Shadows offers a crucial new view of history from below and raises profound questions about the roots of the Israel-Palestine conflict.