Book Series
Israeli History, Politics and Society
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Israel and the Family of Nations
The Jewish nation-state and human rights
Can Israel be both Jewish and truly democratic? How can a nation–state, which incorporates a large national minority with a distinct identity of its own...
ISBN: 978-0-415-46441-3 | Published July 18th 2008 by Routledge.
more information about Israel and the Family of NationsIsrael's National Security
Issues and Challenges Since the Yom Kippur War
This volume presents a comprehensive analysis of Israel's security challenges since the 1973 October War. Efraim Inbar takes the reader on a historical journey through...
ISBN: 978-0-415-44955-7 | Published December 20th 2007 by Routledge.
more information about Israel's National SecurityThe Harp and the Shield of David
Ireland, Zionism and the State of Israel
Eliash examines the relationship between Ireland and the Zionist movement, and the state of Israel from the context of Palestine’s partition and the delay in Ireland’s...
ISBN: 978-0-415-35035-8 | Published April 12th 2007 by Routledge.
more information about The Harp and the Shield of DavidThe Origins of the American-Israeli Alliance
The Jordanian Factor
This book demonstrates that the origins of the US-Israeli alliance lay in the former's concern over Egyptian influence in Jordan, contrasting with the widely-held view...
ISBN: 978-0-415-41045-8 | Published February 1st 2007 by Routledge.
more information about The Origins of the American-Israeli AllianceBen-Gurion, Zionism and American Jewry
1948 - 1963
Based on archival material, this intriguing book examines David Ben-Gurion’s influence on the relationship between the state of Israel, the Zionist Organization and American Jewry...
ISBN: 978-0-415-37240-4 | Published September 19th 2006 by Routledge.
more information about Ben-Gurion, Zionism and American JewryIsraeli Democracy at the Crossroads
In recent years, the discussion about Israel was dominated by post-Zionist, post-Israeli opinions. Important voices that represent large sectors of Israeli society were not heard. To...
ISBN: 978-0-415-35023-5 | Published July 21st 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Israeli Democracy at the CrossroadsIsraeli Institutions at the Crossroads
This is a fascinating collection of essays about Israeli society and its institutions. It is written by practitioners who have experience and understanding, who are...
ISBN: 978-0-415-36360-0 | Published July 21st 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Israeli Institutions at the CrossroadsIsrael at the Polls 2003
Israel's 2003 election took place against the background of a deteriorating security situation (due to Palestinian violence and the impending US War in Iraq) and...ISBN: 978-0-415-36019-7 | Published June 2nd 2005 by Routledge.
more information about Israel at the Polls 2003Between Capital and Land
The Jewish National Fund's Finances and Land-Purchase Priorities in Palestine, 1939-1945
Tuten shows how the Jewish National Fund (JNF) proved to be flexible in its fundraising to obtain its land-purchase objectives during the Second World War. He provides...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5634-2 | Published March 31st 2005 by Routledge.
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War in Palestine, 1948
Israeli and Arab Strategy and Diplomacy
Arab involvement in the Jewish-Palestine conflict had started during the late 1930s, but it was only in the wake of the UN Partition Resolution of...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5275-7 | Published June 24th 2004 by Routledge.
more information about War in Palestine, 1948Britain, Israel and Anglo-Jewry 1949-57
This book focuses on the bilateral and multilateral relations between Britain, the 'former proprietor' and Israel, the 'successor state', during the period following their armed...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5629-8 | Published June 17th 2004 by Routledge.
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Britain, the Hashemites and Arab Rule
The Sherifian Solution
Timothy Paris examines Winston Churchill's involvement in the struggle for power in a number of Middle Eastern countries between 1920 and 1925. His study traces...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5451-5 | Published May 1st 2003 by Routledge.
more information about Britain, the Hashemites and Arab RuleIsraeli Identity
In Search of a Successor to the Pioneer, Tsabar and Settler
This thoroughly researched book reveals the true identity of the modern Israeli. Israelis are unique in having changed their identity three times in only one...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5376-1 | Published December 30th 2002 by Routledge.
more information about Israeli IdentityA Dissenting Democracy
The Israeli Movement 'Peace Now'
A Dissenting Democracy explores the tension between the will of the whole of Israeli society and the right of the individual conscience to take precedence over that...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5350-1 | Published September 30th 2002 by Routledge.
more information about A Dissenting DemocracyDecision on Palestine Deferred
America, Britain and Wartime Diplomacy, 1939-1945
Professor Penkower's latest book, Decision on Palestine Deferred, offers the first sustained, documented account of Palestine and the Anglo-American alliance during the Second World War....
ISBN: 978-0-7146-5268-9 | Published July 30th 2002 by Routledge.
more information about Decision on Palestine DeferredIsraeli Diplomacy and the Quest for Peace
This account of key issues in Israel's foreign policy offers a new insight into Israeli thinking. It also covers issues where the focus is on...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5233-7 | Published April 30th 2002 by Routledge.
more information about Israeli Diplomacy and the Quest for PeaceIsraeli-Romanian Relations at the End of the Ceausescu Era
As Seen by Israel's Ambassador to Romania 1985-1989
Yosef Govrin was the Israeli Ambassador to Romania in the twilight of the communist era. Govrin describes Israeli-Romanian relations as he observed them from 1985...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5234-4 | Published April 30th 2002 by Routledge.
more information about Israeli-Romanian Relations at the End of the Ceausescu EraIsraeli-Egyptian Relations, 1980-2000
A memoir by former diplomat Ephraim Dowek which provides a comprehensive study of the relations between Egypt and Israel from peace until the present day....ISBN: 978-0-7146-5162-0 | Published June 1st 2001 by Routledge.
more information about Israeli-Egyptian Relations, 1980-2000Divided Against Zion
Anti-Zionist Opposition to the Creation of a Jewish State in Palestine, 1945-1948
Using primary sources, this study of the relationship between three anti-Zionist bodies in Britain in the years that directly preceded the founding of the State...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5051-7 | Published October 30th 2000 by Routledge.
more information about Divided Against ZionParties, Elections and Cleavages
Israel in Comparative and Theoretical Perspective
This volume brings together a set of articles on parties, elections and social cleavages that address theoretical aspects of these concepts with reference to Israel,...ISBN: 978-0-7146-5076-0 | Published April 29th 2000 by Routledge.
more information about Parties, Elections and CleavagesFabricating Israeli History
The 'New Historians'
ISBN: 978-0-7146-4274-1 | Published March 1st 1997 by Routledge.
more information about Fabricating Israeli HistorySeries Details:
This series provides a multidisciplinary examination of all aspects of Israeli history, politics and society, and serves as a means of communication between the various communities interested in Israel: academics, policy-makers; practitioners; journalists and the informed public.
Forthcoming Titles:
Politics of Memory: Israeli Underground's Confrontations Over Boundaries of State Pantheon
By Udi Lebel
August 1st 2009