The profound conviction of both Jews and Arabs of the right to the same land - Israel or Palestine - has caused some of the most bitter and prolonged conflicts this century. Here are the stories of those who fought for the right to live in the land, those who tried to bring about peace within it and those who were the innocent victims of the struggle. There are biographies of David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin, Moshe Dayan, Musa Alami, King Abdullah of Jordan, Gamal Abdul Nasser, Harry S. Truman, Count Bernadotte, Sir Anthony Eden, Fawaz Turki, Yuval Aloni, Erika Lewin and Raymonda Tawil.