xiv, 546 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour maps ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Introduction: a grand human story Poetry and politics: the Jewish nation seeks a home Some spot of a native land A conversation, not an ideology: Zionist divisions at the turn of the century From a dream to glimmers of reality The Balfour declaration: the empire endorses the state Nowhere to go, even if they could leave The Yishuv resists the British, the Arabs battle partition Independence: the state is born From dreams of a state to the reality of statehood Israel enters the international arena Israel confronts the Holocaust Six days of war change a country forever The burden of occupation Yom Kippur War: the "conception" crashes Revolution within the revolution: the rise and revenge of Israel's political right Taking a page from the Zionists: the rise of Palentinian nationalism The peace process stalls A Jewish renaissance in the Jewish state Conclusion: a century after Balfour "A national home for the Jewish people."
