1st Edition

Israel at Sixty Rethinking the birth of the Jewish state

Edited By Efraim Karsh, Rory Miller Copyright 2009
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

Sixty years after the birth of Israel, this fascinating and original book of essays brings together a number of the leading experts on Zionism and Israel to examine the domestic and international context of Israel's transition from community to state in 1948. With contributions on a wide range of historically important topics that are no less relevant now than they were six decades ago, the book... Read more

Arabs and Jews in Palestine  1. On the Unspoken Principles of Herzlian Diplomacy and their Contemporary Relevance David Vital  2. Zionism and the Palestinians Efraim Karsh  3. Israel's Midwife: Golda Meir in the Closing Years of the British Mandate Meron Medzini  4. A Small Consolation for a Big Loss: King Abdallah and Jerusalem During the 1948 War Ronen Yitzhak  5. The Army of Sacred Jihad: An Army or Bands? Eliezer Tauber  The International Context  6. On the Myth of the Connection Between the Holocaust and the Creation of Israel Evyatar Friesel  7. 'The Rhetoric of Reaction': British Arabists, Jewish Refugees and the Palestine Question Rory Miller  8. France and the Partition Plan: 1947-1948 Tsilla Herscho  9. 'Showdown in the Oval Office': 12 May 1948 in History Henry D. Fetter  10. Ralph Bunche and the Establishment of Israel Elad Ben-Dror  11. The Genesis of Turkish Views on Partition and Conciliation Howard A. Patten  12. Israel at Sixty: Some Reflections David Vital

Biography

Efraim Karsh is Professor and Head of Mediterranean Studies at King's College London.

Rory Miller is Senior Lecturer in Mediterranean Studies at King's College London.