Book Series
Israeli History, Politics and Society
New & Published Titles:
Israeli-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… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7146-5234-4 (Routledge)
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John F. Kennedy and the Politics of Arms Sales to Israel
This volume seeks to reconstruct the process by which the Kennedy administration decided to sell to Israel Hawk surface-to-air missiles. It argues that both domestic… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8251-8 (Routledge)
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Jerusalem Divided
The Armistice Regime, 1947-1967
Traces the background to the history of the Armistice Regime, established in 1947 to combat the fighting between Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem. The author… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8241-9 (Routledge)
Public Policy in Israel
An examination of the current Israeli government, covering public policies such as health, housing and transport. The volume covers the institutional as well as the… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8131-3 (Routledge)
Israel: The First Hundred Years
Volume III: Politics and Society since 1948
Since its founding in 1948 Israel has faced many political, social and psychological challenges, unfamiliar to other nations on the western democratic political model and… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8022-4 (Routledge)
Israel at the Polls 1999
Israel: the First Hundred Years, Volume III
The 1999 Israeli elections focused on the character of the main political contenders for prime minister - Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak. Along with Barak's… read more2001 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8180-1 (Routledge)
Israeli-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.… read more2001 | Hardback: 978-0-7146-5162-0 (Routledge)
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Global Politics
Essays in Honour of David Vital
The essays in this volume discuss and assess the philosophies and writings of Professor David Vital. They aim to develop his work within modern diplomacy,… read more2001 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8181-8 (Routledge)
Peacemaking in a Divided Society
Israel After Rabin
This is an interdisciplinary study of Israeli society in one of the defining moments in the history of Israel. The contributors discuss the critical aspects… read more2001 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8064-4 (Routledge)
Israel: the First Hundred Years
Volume II: From War to Peace?
The end of the British mandate in Palestine heralded the birth of the new state of Israel. It also marked the end of one of… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7146-8023-1 (Routledge)
Series 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:
Secularism and Religion in Jewish-Israeli Politics: Traditionists and Modernity
By Yaacov Yadgar
To be published July 1st 2010
Politics of Memory: Israeli Underground's Confrontations Over Boundaries of State Pantheon
By Udi Lebel
To be published October 1st 2010