Israel : a history / Martin Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jews--Palestine--History--20th century.

Jews.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

Israel--History.

Israel.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (710 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : RosettaBooks, [2014]

Summary:

Fleeing persecution in Europe, thousands of Jewish emigrants settled in Palestine after World War II. Renowned historian Martin Gilbert crafts a riveting account of Israel's turbulent history, from the birth of the Zionist movement under Theodor Herzl through its unexpected declaration of statehood in 1948, and through the many wars, conflicts, treaties, negotiations, and events that have shaped its past six decades-including the Six Day War, the Intifada, Suez, and the Yom Kippur War. Drawing on a wealth of first-hand source materials, eyewitness accounts, and his own personal and intimate

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the 2008 edition; Introduction; Acknowledgements; List of maps; 1 Ideals of statehood; 2 Towards Zion; 3 Beyond the Balfour Declaration, 1918-1929; 4 Threats and dangers, 1929-1937; 5 Hopes... and blows, 1937-1939; 6 The Second World War, 1939-1945; 7 The British Mandate continues, 1945-1946; 8 Year of decision, 1947; 9 Undeclared war, November 1947-April 1948; 10 The conflict intensifies, April-May 1948; 11 The War of Independence, May 1948 to the first truce; 12 From the first truce to the second truce

13 From the second truce to the armistice agreements14 The last four months of the war; 15 The ingathering of the exiles; 16 Conflicts and achievements, 1952-1955; 17 Paths to war, December 1955-October 1956; 18 The Sinai campaign; 19 A State in being, 1956-1963; 20 Years of growth, 1963-1966; 21 Nasser's challenge; 22 The Six Day War; 23 The dilemmas of victory; 24 The October War, Yom Kippur 1973; 25 The fourth postwar era; 26 To the Lebanese war and beyond; 27 Intifada; 28 Towards Madrid and Oslo; 29 The peace process; 30 'Shalom, haver' - Peace, my friend; 31 Conflict and conciliation

32 'Permit me to be a dreamer'Epilogue; Maps; Glossary; Bibliography of works consulted; Index; Endnotes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780795342813

0795342810

9780795337406

079533740X

9780795337420

0795337426

OCLC:

881571732