Israel - Polity Histories

How did a community of a few thousand Jewish refugees become, in little over a century, a modern nation-state and homeland of half the world's Jews?  Has modern Israel fulfilled the Zionist vision of becoming "a nation like other nations," or is it still, in Biblical terns, "a people that dwells alone"? Alan Dowty distils over half a century of study as an inside/outside analyst of Israel in tracing this remarkable story.  It begins in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, when Jews fleeing Russian persecution established a renewed Jewish presence in their historic homeland.  It continues through harsh struggle and in deep-rooted conflict with another people that sees Israel/Palestine equally as their homeland.  Immensely successful by most standards, Israel today remains a center of contention and is still torn between its hard-earned role as a "normal" nation and the call of its particularistic, and unique, Jewish history.

ISBN:	9781509536900
Publisher:	Polity Press
Imprint:	Polity Press
Published date:	02 Jul 2021
DEWEY:	956.9405
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	198 .
Weight:	194g
Height:	116mm
Width:	172mm
Spine width:	19mm

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