A history of Israel : from the rise of Zionism to our time /
Howard M. Sachar.
- 3rd edition revised and expanded.
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2007.
- xxii, 1270 pages : maps ; 24 cm.
"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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Zionism--History. Sionismo --Historia.
Israel--History. Israel --Historia Palestine--History--1917-1948. Palestina --Historia--1917-1948