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A history of Israel : from the rise of Zionism to our time

Title: A history of Israel : from the rise of Zionism to our time / by Howard M. Sachar.
Author: Sachar, Howard Morley, 1928-2018.
Publication: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1996.

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xx, 1153 pages; 24 cm

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Contents

I. The Rise of Jewish Nationalism -- II. The Beginning of the Return -- III. Herzl and the Rise of Political Zionism -- IV. The Growth of the Yishuv -- V. The Balfour Declaration -- VI. The Establishment of the Mandate -- VII. Building the Jewish National Home -- VIII. The Seeds of Arab-Jewish Confrontation -- IX. Britain Repudiates the Jewish National Home -- X. Palestine in World War II -- XI. The Yishuv Repudiates the Mandate -- XII. The Birth of Israel -- XIII. The War of Independence -- XIV. The Growth of the Israeli Republic -- XV. Ingathering and the Struggle for Economic Survival -- XVI. The Search for Peace and Security -- XVII. Sinai and Suez -- XVIII. Years of Economic and Social Growth -- XIX. A Decade of Political and Diplomatic Achievement -- XX. Cultural and Ideological Currents -- XXI. The Six-Day War -- XXII. Israel as Empire -- XXIII. Israel and World Jewry -- XXIV. The War of the Day of Judgment -- XXV. Aftermath of an Earthquake --
XXVI. The Likud Era Begins -- XXVII. An Accommodation with Egypt -- XXVIII. Romantic Nationalism and Realpolitik -- XXIX. Revisionism at the Apogee -- XXX. Israel in Lebanon -- XXXI. A Crisis of Israeli Spirit, of Disaspora Loyalty -- XXXII. The Era of Unity Governments -- XXXIII. The Wages of Immobilism -- XXXIV. A Tormented Road to Peace -- XXXV. The Mottled Landscape: An Appraisal at Half Century.

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95023908

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ocm32921655

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Columbia University Libraries