Two sides of the coin: Independence and Nakba 1948 Motti Golani and Adel Manna Two sides of the coin: Independence and Nakba 1948, written by two eminent historians, Adel Manna and Motti Golani, takes the reader on a journey to the War of 1948, by offering contemporary multi-perspective narratives on the war, accompanied by maps that highlight historical events during that time. Professor Motti Golani, Ph.D (1993), teaches at the Land of Israel Studies, Haifa University. His most recent research focuses on the end of the British Mandate in Palestine in 1945-1948: The End of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1948, Palgrave Macmillan and St. Antony's College, Oxford 2009; The Last Commissioner, Alan Gordon Cunningham, 1945-1948, TAU & Am Oved 2011 (Hebrew). The book will be published by UPNE in English. Dr. Adel Manna, Ph.D, is the director of the Academic Institute for Arab Teacher Training at Beit Berl College. His research is the history of Palestine in the Ottoman period; however, more recently he has conducted research on Palestinians in Israel during the first decade of the existence of the State of Israel.