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Fleeing from history : Zionism, Israel, and the United States / Ylana N. Miller
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Ylana N., 1943- Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zionism--History.
- Zionism.
- Zionism--United States--History.
- Israel--Relations--United States.
- Israel.
- United States--Relations--Israel.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (300 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Chronicles the history of Zionism, Israel, and the United States.Fleeing from History offers an understanding of Zionism not as ideology or movement but rather as a multidimensional cosmopolitan arena for Jewish political debate and argument.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Cast of Characters
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Foundational Currents, 1917-1948
- Chapter 2: Making the State the Source of Security, 1948-1962
- Chapter 3: Shifting Perspectives: European and American Jewish Constructions, 1948-1962
- Chapter 4: Transnational Challenges: Cold War and Decolonization, 1956-1966
- Chapter 5: Re-creating the Jewish People, 1960-1966
- Chapter 6: Ruptures and Meaning, 1962-1967
- Chapter 7: The War to End All Wars, 1965-1967
- Chapter 8: Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: 1967 and Its Aftermath
- Part I. Creating a State
- Chapter 1 Foundational Currents, 1917-1948
- Sketching the Debates
- Structuring the Conversations and the Gaps
- Palestine
- Europe
- Challenges of Thought Versus Action
- Toward Statehood
- Chapter 2 Making the State the Source of Security, 1948-1967 39
- Establishing the Terrain
- Status and Responsibility
- Remaking Europe and Decolonization
- Ideology and Boundaries - Debating Nationhood in Full View
- Re-creating History and Community
- Chapter 3 Shifting Perspectives: European and American Jewish Constructions, 1948-1962
- Camus
- Arendt
- Goldmann
- Frames of Reference and Shifting Identifications
- Part II. Europe, America, and Israel
- Chapter 4 Transnational Challenges, 1948-1966
- Israel/Palestine in Formation
- Navigating US-Israel Relationships
- Who Speaks for Jews?
- Chapter 5 Re-creating the Jewish People, 1960-1966
- Eichmann Trial Ramifications
- Opinions on Planning the Trial
- American and Israeli Contexts
- Reporting on the Trial
- Aftermath
- Chapter 6 Ruptures and Meaning, 1962-1967
- Multiple Jewish, Palestinian, and Algerian Narratives
- Material Contexts, Changing Lenses
- Alternative Zionist/Jewish Memories and Definitions
- Moving Toward a Dominant Narrative.
- Part III. Making Meaning After Violence
- Chapter 7 The War to End All Wars, 1965-1967
- Chapter 8 Timing and Defining: Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth, 1967-1975
- Immediate Views and Concerns
- Immediate Aftermath, 1967-1970
- American Views, 1967-1973
- Conclusion
- Coda
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-558-0404-1
- OCLC:
- 1537942701
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