The History of Israel / Edition 1

by Arnold Blumberg

Overview

Every school and public library should update its resources on the history of Israel with this engagingly written and succinct narrative history from biblical times through 1997. This readable history, based on the most recent scholarship, provides a chronological narrative that examines the political, religious, and social components of Israel's turbulent history. A thorough examination of the events from the Six Day War of 1967 through the struggle for peace in 1997 is of special interest. The work provides a timeline of events in the history of Israel, biographical sketches of key figures in Israeli history, and an annotated bibliography of books of interest to students and general readers.

The prologue gives an overview of the land, its government, resources, and culture. The first few chapters describe the earliest history of the land through the 19th century settlement of European Jews seeking to escape persecution and to build a Jewish state. Following the Holocaust, refugees poured into the region and political and military struggle culminated in the birth of the State of Israel in 1948. Blumberg, an expert on the history of Israel, then details the years of growth and successive wars with Israel's Arab neighbors from 1948 through 1973. In an extended discussion, he examines the political turbulence within Israel from the late 1970s through 1997, Israel's relations with its neighbors and the international community, and the progress and setbacks in the struggle for peace between Israel and the Arabs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313302244
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/27/1998
Series:	The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)
Lexile:	1280L (what's this?)

About the Author

ARNOLD BLUMBERG is Professor of History at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. He was honored by the University in 1995 as its Distinguished Scholar. Blumberg is the editor of Great Leaders, Great Tyrants? Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History (Greenwood, 1995), and other books and articles on diplomatic history.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Preface
Timeline of Historical Events
Prologue
A Survey of Zion's Earlier History
The Old Yishuv, 1833-1880
The New Yishuv and Zionism's First Two Aliyoth, 1881-1914
The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Aliyoth, 1919-1939
The Holocaust and the Struggle for Survival, 1939-1948
Birth of the State of Israel, 1947-1949
Years of Growth, 1949-1966
The Six Days' War and Heady Self-Confidence, 1967-1973
The Yom Kippur War and Reappraisal, 1973-1977
The Likud Revolution, 1977-1983
The Uncertain Direction, 1983-1992
Meretz Holds the Helm; The Peace Process, 1992-1996
Epilogue
Notable People in the History of Israel
Selected Annotated Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Briefly surveys from earliest times to the late 19th century and the beginnings of Zionism that led to the creation of the modern state in 1949. Then narrates the two decades of growth, the 1967 Six-Day War and six-year aftermath, the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Likud revolution 1977-83, a decade of uncertainty, and the peace process 1992-96. Includes substantial profiles of major figures and an annotated bibliography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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