Colin Shindler (School of Oriental and University African Studies

A History of Modern Israel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The new edition of Colin Shindler's history of Israel traces the nation's developments from 1948 to the present day. New content in this sympathetic yet candid portrayal includes the rise of the Israeli far right, Israel's uneasy dealings with the new administration in the United States and the impact of the Arab Spring.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 496
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9781107671775
• ISBN-10: 1107671779
• Artikelnr.: 36955177

Autorenporträt

Colin Shindler is Emeritus Professor and Pears Senior Research Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is also founding chairman of the European Association of Israel Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Zionism and security; 2. The Hebrew republic; 3. New immigrants and first elections; 4. The politics of piety; 5. Retaliation or self-restraint; 6. The rise of the right; 7. The road to Beirut; 8. Dissent at home and abroad; 9. An insurrection before a handshake; 10. The end of ideology?; 11. The killing of a prime minister; 12. The magician and the bulldozer; 13. He does not stop at the red light; 14. An unlikely grandfather; 15. A brotherly conflict; 16. Bialik's bequest?; 17. Stagnation and isolationism; 18. An Arab spring and an Israeli winter?

Rezensionen

'This is an immensely readable and accessible book and a good primer for students ... a helpful glossary and a fast-paced and interesting narrative make this one of the few good and balanced one-volume histories available.' Seth J. Frantzman, Middle East Media and Book Reviews (membr.uwm.edu/)