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History of Zionism: From the French Revolution to the Establishment of the State of Israel » (1st Edition)

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Authors: Walter Laqueur
ISBN-13: 9780805211498, ISBN-10: 0805211497
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date Published: May 2003
Edition: 1st Edition

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Author Biography: Walter Laqueur

Book Synopsis

The original 1972 edition is cited in Books for College Libraries, 3d ed. In his new preface, Laqueur, a Washington, DC-based historian, addresses challenges to the movement since he first traced the history of Zionism from the French Revolution to the 1948 founding of the state of Israel. This reissue includes maps, photos, and a glossary. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents

List of Maps
Acknowledgments
Glossary
Preface to the 2003 Edition
Preface
1Out of the Ghetto3
2The Forerunners40
3Theodor Herzl84
4The Interregnum136
5The Unseen Question209
6Building a New Society: The Progress of Left-Wing Zionism270
7In Blood and Fire: Jabotinsky and Revisionism338
8Zionism and Its Critics384
9The Weizmann Era441
10European Catastrophe505
11The Struggle for the Jewish State564
Conclusion: Thirteen Theses on Zionism589
Bibliography601
Index617

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