Israeli History, Politics and Society
About the Book Series
This series provides a multidisciplinary examination of all aspects of Israeli history, politics and society and serves as a means of communication between the various communities interested in Israel: academics, policy-makers, practitioners, journalists and the informed public.
Global Politics: Essays in Honour of David Vital
1st Edition
Edited
By Abraham Ben-Zvi, Aharon Klieman
May 18, 2001
The essays in this volume discuss and assess the philosophies and writings of Professor David Vital. They aim to develop his work within modern diplomacy, issues relating to modern Jewish history, and within the State of Israel and its conduct of foreign relations....
Peacemaking in a Divided Society: Israel After Rabin
1st Edition
Edited
By Sasson Sofer
January 03, 2001
This is an interdisciplinary study of Israeli society in one of the defining moments in the history of Israel. The contributors discuss the critical aspects of the political order, economics, the military, the role of the media and legal reform that are shaping a new Israel....
Israel: the First Hundred Years: Volume II: From War to Peace?
1st Edition
Edited
By Efraim Karsh
October 30, 2000
The end of the British mandate in Palestine heralded the birth of the new state of Israel. It also marked the end of one of the most tumultuous and momentous chapters in Israeli history. But the new state, born into a hostile environment and struggling with the manifold demands of sovereignty, ...
Fabricating Israeli History: The 'New Historians'
2nd Edition
By Efraim Karsh
June 10, 2000
Israeli historiography is under assault by "new historians" exposing "Zionist narrative". This text takes issue with these "revisionists", arguing that they have ignored or misinterpreted much documentation in developing their analysis of Israel's history....
Israel: the First Hundred Years: Volume I: Israel’s Transition from Community to State
1st Edition
Edited
By Efraim Karsh
March 30, 2000
The Zionist Movement was born in the wake of Jewish emancipation in Western Europe, and at a time of increased persecution in Eastern Europe. This volume addresses the intellectual, social and political ramifications of Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel before the creation of the State of Israel....
Revisiting the Yom Kippur War
1st Edition
Edited
By P.R. Kumaraswamy
March 30, 2000
Looking at the political, military and intelligence components of the Yom Kippur War, this work offers interpretations of Israel's conflict with the Arabs. The contributors, Israeli academics, some involved in the war, make a contribution to the understanding of this part of Israel's history....
Israel: The Dynamics of Change and Continuity
1st Edition
Edited
By David Levi-Faur, Gabriel Sheffer, David Vogel
September 29, 1999
These essays examine changes in Israel's political, social and economic institutions, and describe how Israeli culture and institutions are resisting convergence. They are in four categories: political institutions and organizations; political economy; ethnicity and religion; and public policy....
In Search of Identity: Jewish Aspects in Israeli Culture
1st Edition
Edited
By Dan Urian, Efraim Karsh
December 01, 1998
Culture has played a focal role in the shaping of Jewish-Israeli national identity. Since the 1950s, Israeli culture has been disintegrating into simultaneous sub-cultures. The contributors discuss the nature and characteristics of this cultural tension and the nature of Jewishness....
Israel at the Polls, 1996
1st Edition
Edited
By Daniel J. Elazar, Shmuel Sandler
March 31, 1998
The 1996 Israeli elections were the first elections by direct vote for the position of prime minister in which a newcomer - Binyamin Netanyahu - defeated the most veteran Israeli politician, Shimon Peres. The result indicated not only a transition of power from the left-centre to the right-centre, ...
From Rabin to Netanyahu: Israel's Troubled Agenda
1st Edition
Edited
By Efraim Karsh
October 01, 1997
Benjamin Netanyahu's 1996 election victory marked a major turnaround in his fortunes, for only a few months earlier his political career had seemed finished. This book examines what his victory means both domestically and internationally....
Between War and Peace: Dilemmas of Israeli Security
1st Edition
Edited
By Efraim Karsh
April 30, 1996
Strategists assess the opportunities confronting Israel at the century's end and offer solutions to such issues as the economic consequences of peace for security, implications of the new world order for Israel's strategic interests, Israel's nuclear weapons and a future Middle Eastern battlefield....
The Shaping of Israeli Identity: Myth, Memory and Trauma
1st Edition
Edited
By Robert Wistrich, David Ohana
June 01, 1995
A dozen essays document the evolution of national myths in Israel as the heroic figures and events of independence and survival transmute into blind fanaticism, great-power manipulation, and traditional colonialism and genocide. Without passing any judgement on the changes, they delve into the meani...