Part I. The first decade of occupation. Lessons remembered, lessons learned. The Annexation of Jerusalem ; The Allon Plan ; Settlement ; Moshe Dayan, Architect of "Living Together" Forever ; Economic Integration ; The Politics of Occupation - Consolidation and expansion. The October War ; A New Government ; Illegal Settlement in Samaria - Palestinians under Israeli rule. Rejection, 1967-1970 ; Depression, 1970-1973 ; A Renewal of Faith, 1973-1977 - Part II. The Begin years, 1977-1981. Land and settlement. A New Chapter Is Opened ; Sharon at Center Stage ; "A Vision of Israel at Century's End" 70 ; The Sadat initiative and Israel. Israel Faces the Sadat Challenge ; Begin's Plan for Palestinian "Autonomy" ; Diplomacy Proceeds as Settlement Continues ; Dummy Settlements in the Sinai -Land for peace?/Land is peace. Setting the Agenda at Camp David ; The First "Master Plan" for Jewish Settlement ; The Government, the IDF, and the Settlers ; Who Rules in the Territories? ; The Legality of Settlement and the Courts - The consolidation of the right. The Isolation of Cabinet Moderates ; The Tehiya Party Is Born ; Hebron and the Settlers ; The Reins Are Loosened: Weizman Resigns ; The Reply of Liberal Zionism ; The Jerusalem Law - The road to re-election. Autumn of Despair ; Labor Readies Itself ; Settlement and Expropriation: Winter and Spring 1981 ; The West Bank as Israel ; The Territories as a Campaign Issue ; The Likud Bounces Back

Part III. The Palestinians face the occupation. From the Likud election to Camp David. Local Palestinian Leadership ; A Non-PLO Alternative? ; Sadat and the Palestinians ; Business as Usual in the West Bank ; Palestinians Against Camp David - The lines are drawn. The Crackdown Begins ; Shaka Becomes the Target: Palestinian Strengths, Palestinian Weaknesses ; Hebron and the Escalation of Confrontation ; Settlers Impose Their Own Order: The Assassination Attempts on the Mayors ; Palestinian Opposition in the Wake of the May and June Events ; The Iron Fist: The Faces of Oppression ; The Deportations Are "Legalized" ; The Asymmetry of Power ; Palestinians Contemplate a Labor Victory

Part IV. The road to Beirut. Re-election, 1981. The Likud and Sharon ; Revisionism Rules ; Input from the "Arab Experts" ; Sharon: New Leaf or Fig Leaf? ; The Village Leagues ; The Civil Administration ; Escalation in November

THE Dynamism of the status quo. Sharon's Jewish Option ; The New Pioneers ; Deluxe Annexation ; The Golan Is Annexed ; Deposition of the Mayors, March 1982 ; War on the Palestinians ; What Are Palestinians?

The War Continues ; A Policy Reaffirmed.