The rise of Israel : a history of a revolutionary state /

Adelman, Jonathan R.

The rise of Israel : a history of a revolutionary state / Jonathan Adelman. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008. - x, 269 p. ; 24 cm. - Israeli history, society and politics; 50 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-256) and index.

Controversy over Israel -- The rise of Israel in comparative perspective -- Jewish issues -- Hostility of major powers -- Enmity of Arab world and Iran -- Major international and religious organizations -- Western unwillingness to helping Israel in crisis -- Israeli issues -- Historical roots of the revolutions -- Modern Zionist revolutions -- Revolutionary military-security factors -- Revolutionary factors: aliyah, education, government, and party -- International factors.

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Zionism--History.
Sionismo--Historia


Israel--History.
Israel--Foreign relations.
Israel--Historia.

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