A history of Israel / Ahron Bregman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bregman, Ahron.

Series:

Palgrave essential histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestine--History--1799-1917.

Palestine--History--1917-1948.

Israel--History.

Israel.

History.

Zionism--History.

Zionism.

Physical Description:

xx, 320 pages : maps ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

A History of Israel explores Israel's turbulent history from the first Zionist Congress of 1897 to the present day. Drawing on his considerable experience as historian and journalist, Ahron Bregman offers a balanced examination of Israel's past in which the three principal driving themes of Jewish immigration, wars, and attempts to forge peace with Arabs and Palestinians combine into a single compelling narrative.

New insights, revelations appearing in print for the first time, and portraits of Israeli leaders, past and present, are adeptly woven together with an overview of major events. This incisive book will be welcomed by all with an interest in the fascinating history of Israel.

Contents:

1 The Road to Statehood, 1897-1947 1

Theodor Herzl 1

Eretz Yisrael 7

Palestine in the First World War 13

The post-war period 18

The British Mandate 21

The Arab Rebellion, 1936-39 27

Palestine in the Second World War 33

Turning on the British 37

Partition and civil war 39

2 The Birth of Israel, 1948-1949 44

Friday, 14 May 1948 44

War 47

End of war and the emergence of a democracy 59

3 Years of Consolidation, 1950-1966 70

Mass immigration 70

Communal problems 71

The economy in crisis 75

Tensions along the borders 79

New leadership 81

The politicization of the Holocaust 86

The 1956 Kadesh campaign and after 88

Domestic issues 93

The Lavon Affair 95

Germany again 98

Enter Levy Eshkol 100

4 The Six-Day War and Afterwards, 1967-1973 104

Descent to war 104

The waiting period 110

Six days of war 116

The new society 123

Snail's pace diplomacy 125

Enter Golda Meir 129

War of attrition 130

Golda and Anwar el-Sadat 134

Terrorism, immigration and riots 136

5 Yom Kippur War and the Death of Labour, 1973-1977 139

Sadat prepares war 139

Israel stumbles into the trap 142

Invasion 151

Fighting back 154

Post-war: society and diplomacy 156

The Agranat report 157

Enter Yitzhak Rabin 159

Enter Shimon Peres 165

6 Begin's Years, 1977-1983 168

Building a coalition 168

First steps to peace 170

The home front 176

Camp David and after 183

'Tamuz 1' 191

A second Likud government 194

War in Lebanon 196

7 The Road to Peace, 1983-1991 205

Enter Yitzhak Shamir 205

Working Together 208

Intifada 215

Immigration and death of the coalition 221

War and immigration 227

The road to peace 230

The Madrid Peace Conference 232

8 Peace and War, 1992 to Present 236

Enter Yitzhak Rabin 236

Enter Benjamin Netanyahu 254

Enter Ehud Barak 261

Enter Ariel Sharon 277

Appendix 1 The Dayan el-Tohami Protocol, 1977 287

Appendix 2 Draft Declaration of Principles, Israel-Syria, 1992 291.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307) and index.

ISBN:

0333676319

0333676327

OCLC:

49902859