A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time
by Howard Sachar
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First published in 1976, Howard M. Sachar's "A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time" was regarded one of the most valuable works available detailing the history of this still relatively young country. More than 30 years later, readers can again be immersed in this monumental work. The second edition of this volume covers topics such as the first of the Aliyahs in the 1880s; the rise of Jewish nationalism; the beginning of the political Zionist movement and, later, how the show more movement changed after Theodor Herzl; the Balfour Declaration; the factors that led to the Arab-Jewish confrontation; Palestine and its role both during the Second World War and after; the war of independence and the many wars that followed it over the next few decades; and the development of the Israeli republic and the many challenges it faced, both domestic and foreign, and still faces today. This is a truly enriching and exhaustive history of a nation that holds claim to one of the most complicated and controversial histories in the world. show lessTags
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Autographed to Mr Kamerow by author. Excellent history,well written.
NO OF PAGES: 1153 SUB CAT I: History SUB CAT II: Zionism SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: With masterful control with an underlying universal compassion and an historical objectivity, Sachar has provided the overall picture of the Jewish movement to statehood and since statehood.NOTES: SUBTITLE: From The Rise Of Zionism To Our Time
A history of Israel that will stand the test of time.
Casey Sprenger
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Howard Morley Sachar serves as Charles E. Smith Professor of History Emeritus at George Washington University.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1976
- People/Characters
- Theodor Herzl; Chaim Weizmann; Louis Brandeis; David Ben-Gurion; Gamal Abdel Nasser; Moshe Dayan (show all 11); Golda Meir; Lyndon Baines Johnson; Anwar el-Sadat; Yasser Arafat; Henry Kissinger
- Important places
- Jerusalem; Tel Aviv, Israel; Cairo, Egypt; Suez Canal, Egypt; Israel
- Important events
- World War I (1914 | 1918); Holocaust; Six-Day War (1967-06-05 | 1967-06-10); Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Dedication
- For Daniel Amos
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
- DDC/MDS
- 956.94 — History & geography History of Asia Middle East Asia: Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan The Levant Israel and Palestine
- LCC
- DS126.5 .S155 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Israel (Palestine). The Jews
- BISAC
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- Members
- 463
- Popularity
- 65,560
- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (4.09)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 3
