Choice - 1998
Rather dryly written, this monograph is nevertheless a useful addition to libraries with specialised collections on the Middle East.
The Jerusalem Post
A well written and piercingly researched book by a most knowledgeable scholar, of tremendous contemporary relevance.
Zion - review in Hebrew - see file
Middle East Journal - Vol. 53, No. 3, Summer 1999
Katz has done fine and fairly comprehensive archival work ... This is a valuable monograph on one aspect of a formative period in Zionist history.
Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol 28, No 4, Summer 1999
Yossi Katz, a professor of geography at Bar-Ilan University, has produced more than a discussion of territorial mapmaking; he summarizes a host of Zionist research reports, position papers, and internal debates, and translates dozens of fascinating verbatim quotations from the lips of the major Zionist decision makers.
The International History Review
another important contribution to a fair historiographic treatment of the Jewish-Arabic conflict in Palestine