I’m aware of the disagreement of historians on whether plan dalet was defensive or offensive. To me, after learning about what was said in the minutes of the Yishuv meetings, remarks in the diary of Ben-Gurion and other officials during the operations, and the extent of the on-the-ground operations; it’s clear to me that it was offensive and planned. After Learning about the extent of the settlements in the west bank, it’s also clear to me that a 2 state solution just isn’t possible. There’s no way to forcibly remove over 800k settlers, even if it was technically possible it still wouldn’t be moral to me.
But hey, I’m glad you’re open to checking out those books.
They have much more information and context from a much larger variety of sources than I could ever personally collect and summarize.