ISRAEL: A HISTORY (60TH ANN. ED.) - Softcover

Gilbert Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552774286 ISBN 13: 9780552774284

Publisher: BLACK SWAN, 2008

Synopsis

Edition; 60th Anniversary ed. Physical description; 786 p., [32] p. of plates : illustration, maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Notes; Previous ed.: London: Doubleday. Includes bibliographical references (p. 701-710) and index. Summary; Israel is a small and relatively young country, but its turbulent history has placed it squarely at the centre of the world stage for most of this century. For two millennia the Jews, dispersed all over the world, prayed for a return to Zion. Until the nineteenth century, that dream seemed a fantasy, but then a secular Zionist movement was born and soon the initial trickle of Jewish immigrants to Palestine turned into a flood as Jews fled persecution in Europe.From these beginnings, Martin Gilbert traces the events and personalities that would lead to the sudden, dramatic declaration of Statehood in May 1948. From that point on, Israel's history has been dominated by conflict: Suez, the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the Lebanon and the Intifada. Using contempora

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About the Author

Sir Martin Gilbert was born in London in 1936.He read modern history at Oxford, and took over from Randolph Churchill as Winston Churchill s official biographer.He is the author of over fifty books, including Churchill: A Life, The Holocaust, First World War, Second World War and A History of the Twentieth Century.He lives in London and also has a home in Jerusalem.

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For Israel s 60th anniversary, a completely updated new edition of Martin Gilbert s classic history.

Israel is a small and relatively young country, but its turbulent history has placed it squarely at the centre of the world stage.During two millennia the Jews, dispersed all over the world, prayed for a return to Zion.Until the nineteenth century, that dream seemed a fantasy, but then a secular Zionist movement was born and soon the initial trickle of Jewish immigrants to Palestine turned into a flood as Jews fled persecution in Europe.From these beginnings, Martin Gilbert traces the events and personalities that would lead to the dramatic declaration of Statehood in May 1948.

From that point on, Israel's history has been dominated by conflict: Suez, the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the Lebanon and the Intifada.Using contemporary documents and eyewitness accounts, drawing on his own intimate knowledge of the country and its people, Martin Gilbert weaves together a seamless, page-turning history of a powerful and proud nation, and adds two new chapters to cover the last ten years, bringing the story up to date: the continuing conflicts, internal and external; the persistent plans and negotiations; and the ever-present avenues of hope.

Rich in detail . . . a grand, heroic narrative Times Literary Supplement A superlative history of Israel Jonathan Sacks, The Times

Edition details

• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0552774286
• ISBN 13: 9780552774284
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 816