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A history of Israel : from the rise of Zionism to our time / Howard M. Sachar.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.Edition: 3rd edition revised and expandedDescription: xxii, 1270 pages : maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780375711329
  • 0375711325
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 956.94
LOC classification:
  • 416 DS 126.5 S121h 2007
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Contents:
The rise of Jewish nationalism The beginning of the Return Herzl and the rise of political Zionism The growth of the Yishuv The Balfour Declaration The establishment of the mandate Building the Jewish national home The seeds of Arab-Jewish confrontation Britain repudiates the Jewish national home Palestine in World War II The Yishuv repudiates the mandate The birth of Israel The war of independence The growth of the Israeli republic Ingathering and the struggle for economic survival The search for peace and security Sinai and Suez Years of economic and social growth A decade of political and diplomatic achievement Cultural and ideological currents The Six-Day War Israel as empire Israel and world Jewry The War of the Day of Judgment Aftermath of an earthquake The Likud era begins An accommodation with Egypt Romantic nationalism and Realpolitik Revisionism at the apogee Israel in Lebanon A crisis of Israeli spirit, of diaspora loyalty The era of unity governments The wages of immobilism A tormented road to peace A deterioration of the Rabin-Peres legacy Ehud Barak's two years The bulldozer as prime minister The bulldozer as statesman Israel faces the Twenty-first Century A mottled landscape A Middle Eastern hour of decision
Summary: Voluminous treatise encompassing the history of Israel from the late-nineteenth century to present day
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 416 DS 126.5 S121h 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000046763

"This is a Borzoi book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [1135]-1207) and index.

The rise of Jewish nationalism
The beginning of the Return
Herzl and the rise of political Zionism
The growth of the Yishuv
The Balfour Declaration
The establishment of the mandate
Building the Jewish national home
The seeds of Arab-Jewish confrontation
Britain repudiates the Jewish national home
Palestine in World War II
The Yishuv repudiates the mandate
The birth of Israel
The war of independence
The growth of the Israeli republic
Ingathering and the struggle for economic survival
The search for peace and security
Sinai and Suez
Years of economic and social growth
A decade of political and diplomatic achievement
Cultural and ideological currents
The Six-Day War
Israel as empire
Israel and world Jewry
The War of the Day of Judgment
Aftermath of an earthquake
The Likud era begins
An accommodation with Egypt
Romantic nationalism and Realpolitik
Revisionism at the apogee
Israel in Lebanon
A crisis of Israeli spirit, of diaspora loyalty
The era of unity governments
The wages of immobilism
A tormented road to peace
A deterioration of the Rabin-Peres legacy
Ehud Barak's two years
The bulldozer as prime minister
The bulldozer as statesman
Israel faces the Twenty-first Century
A mottled landscape
A Middle Eastern hour of decision

Voluminous treatise encompassing the history of Israel from the late-nineteenth century to present day

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