A History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the

A History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel

The definitive general history of the Zionist movement, by one of the most distinguished historians of our time.
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Walter Laqueur traces Zionism from its beginningsâ€”with the emancipation of European Jewry from the ghettos in the wake of the French Revolutionâ€”to 1948, when the Zionist dream became a reality. He describes the contributions of such notable figures as Benjamin Disraeli, Moses Hess, Baron Edmond de Rothschild, and Sir Herbert Samuel, and he analyzes the seminal achievements of Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weitzmann, and David Ben Gurion.
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Laqueur outlines the differences between the various Zionist philosophies of the early twentieth centuryâ€”socialist, Communist, revisionist, and cultural utopianâ€”and he discusses both the religious and secular Jewish critics of the movement. He concluded with a dramatic account of the cataclysmic events of World War II, the clandestine immigration of Holocaust survivors, the tragic missed opportunities co-existence with both the Arab residents of Palestine and those in the surrounding countries, and the struggle to forge a new state on an ancient land. Laqueurâ€™s new preface analyzes the present-day difficulties, and places them into a fascinating and aluable historical context.
Country USA
Brand Schocken
Manufacturer Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780805211498
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2003-05-20
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780805211498

Country	USA
Brand	Schocken
Manufacturer	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780805211498
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2003-05-20
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780805211498

A History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel

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