Israel : a concise history of a nation reborn /: a concise history of a nation reborn. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Daniel Gordis.
• Authors: Gordis, Daniel
• Contents: Introduction: a grand human story -- Poetry and politics: the Jewish nation seeks a home -- Some spot of a native land -- A conversation, not an ideology: Zionist divisions at the turn of the century -- From a dream to glimmers of reality -- The Balfour declaration: the empire endorses the state -- Nowhere to go, even if they could leave -- The Yishuv resists the British, the Arabs battle partition -- Independence: the state is born -- From dreams of a state to the reality of statehood -- Israel enters the international arena -- Israel confronts the Holocaust -- Six days of war change a country forever -- The burden of occupation -- Yom Kippur War: the "conception" crashes -- Revolution within the revolution: the rise and revenge of Israel's political right -- Taking a page from the Zionists: the rise of Palentinian nationalism -- The peace process stalls -- A Jewish renaissance in the Jewish state -- Conclusion: a century after Balfour--"A national home for the Jewish people."
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : ECCO
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 546 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations (some color), color maps
• Subjects: 956.94; History -- Jewish; History -- Modern -- 20th Century; Israel -- History; Israel; Electronic books; History; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062368768; 0062368761
• Related ISBNs: 0062368745; 9780062368744
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-504) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.