UID:
almafu_9959245785902883
Format:
1 online resource (l, 445 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
1-107-30168-8
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1-107-31452-6
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1-107-30677-9
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1-107-30897-6
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1-139-23672-5
Content:
Colin Shindler's remarkable history begins in 1948, as waves of immigrants arrived in Israel from war-torn Europe to establish new cities, new institutions, and a new culture founded on the Hebrew language. Optimistic beginnings were soon replaced with the sobering reality of wars with Arab neighbours, internal ideological differences, and ongoing confrontation with the Palestinians. In this updated edition, Shindler covers the significant developments of the last decade, including the rise of the Israeli far right, Hamas's takeover and the political rivalry between Gaza and the West Bank, Israel's uneasy dealings with the new administration in the United States, political Islam and the potential impact of the Arab Spring on the region as a whole. This sympathetic yet candid portrayal asks how a nation that emerged out of the ashes of the Holocaust and was the admiration of the world is now perceived by many Western governments in a less than benevolent light.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Acknowledgements; Glossaries; Political Parties and Groups; General Glossary; Name Glossary; Prime Ministers of Israel; Chronology; Preface to the second edition: Towards 2020; Introduction; Chapter 1 Zionism and security; Zionism Beyond Demonization; The Need for Security; Jewish Socialism and Arab Nationalism; Chapter 2 The Hebrew Republic; The End of Empire; Defeat and Victory In 1948; Exile and Return; Chapter 3 New Immigrants and First Elections; The Survivors; Jewish Immigration into Palestine; The First Elections; The Dominance of Mapai
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Chapter 4 The Politics of PietyThe Balancing Act; Who is a Jew?; The Arrival of the Sephardim; Chapter 5 Retaliation or Self-Restraint; Ben-Gurion, Sharett and Dayan; The Developing Schism; Nasser's Metamorphosis; Stalin's Embrace; The Return of Ben-Gurion; The Search for Arms; The Road to Suez; Chapter 6 The Rise of the Right; The Six Day War; Destroying Mapai from Within; Out of the Underground; The Ideology of Occupation; Judea and Samaria; Chapter 7 The Road to Beirut; Menachem Begins Leadership; Who Are the Palestinians?; The Reality of Negotiations; A More Radical Hue
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Chapter 8 Dissent At Home and AbroadThe End of Consensus; The Peace Camp; Traditional Diaspora Opinions; A New Assertive Generation; Chapter 9 An Insurrection Before A Handshake; The Man from Lehi; A New Path for the Palestinians; The Outbreak of the Intifada; An Israeli Awakening; The Fall and Rise of Ideology; Constraining the Prime Minister; From Kuwait to Madrid; Chapter 10 The End of Ideology?; The Problem Solver; The Oslo Breakthrough; The Plo in Crisis; Chapter 11 The Killing of A Prime Minister; The Return of the Rejectionists; The Right's Backlash; Rabbis and Ayatollahs
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Chapter 12 The Magician and the BulldozerThe Virtual and the Real Likud; A Return to Camp David; A Long Walk to Disaster; The Descent into the Abyss; Chapter 13 -He Does not stop at the Red Light'; 2001: A Sharon Odyssey; The Palestinian Struggle Within; Islamism Ascending; Disengagement from Gaza; Chapter 14 An Unlikely Grandfather; Ideology and Evacuation; Separating from the Palestinians; Between Pragmatism and Ideology; Olmert's Arrival and Hamas's Ascent; The Rise of Hezbollah; Chapter 15 A brotherly conflict; The Aftermath of the Lebanon War; The Taking of Gaza; A Syrian Bomb?
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Teheran and the Missile WarChapter 16 Bialik's bequest?; The Calm before the Storm; Operation Cast Lead; Goldstone in the Quagmire; Chapter 17 Stagnation and isolationism; Blockades and Flotillas; Settlers and Settlements; Dithering in the White House?; Chapter 18 An Arab Spring and an Israeli winter?; A Downward Spiral?; Israel and the Arab Spring; An Unknown Future; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-67177-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-02862-0
Language:
English
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139236720
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