Books in the Israeli History, Politics and Society series

Mordechai Nisan spent much time with Etienne Sakr between 2000 and 2001. Set within the context of the national political narrative of Lebanon, this volume offers a portrait of Sakr and the times in which he lived before his exile to Israel in May 2000.

Demonstrates that the origins of the US-Israeli alliance lay in the former's concern over Egyptian influence in Jordan, contrasting with the widely-held view of the significance of the Six Day War. This book is aimed at students of Middle East studies, history, and politics.

Examines how Israel gained the strength to overcome great obstacles and become a serious regional power in the Middle East by 2007. This book shows: how the creation of Israel is different from that of most new states; how voluntarist forces played a major role in its creation; and offers an analysis of the creation of a revolutionary party.

Can Israel be both Jewish and truly democratic? Citing various constitutions and laws, this book explores concept of a Jewish State and its various meanings in the light of international law. It concludes that international reality does not accord with the concept which regards a modern, liberal democracy as a culturally 'neutral' entity.

Shedding light on Irish and Israeli foreign policy, this work examines the relationship between Ireland and the Zionist Movement and the state of Israel from the context of Palestine's partition and the delay in Ireland's recognition of the State of Israel until 1963.

Provides a description and analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Presenting an overview of the core issues of contention, the various key 'players' and the possible solutions formulated during the peace process effort, this book sheds light on the events of that period.

Based on archival material, this book examines David Ben-Gurion's influence on the relationship between the state of Israel, the Zionist Organization and American Jewry between 1948-1963 when he served as Prime Minister and Minister of Defense. This is useful for those interested Middle East Studies, Jewish Studies, and ethnicity and nationalism.

This volume argues that both domestic considerations and political calculations were part of a highly complex decision made by members of Washington's high policy elite to sell Israel Hawk surface-to-air missiles.

This text takes issue with the "new historians" exposing "Zionist narrative," arguing that they have ignored or misinterpreted much documentation in developing their analysis of Israel's history.

This book examines what Benjamin Netanyahu's 1996 election victory means both domestically and internationally.

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.

This is the ultimate collection of essays about Israeli society, its politics, schisms and institutions.

The essays here attempt to move beyond the question of Israel's "uniqueness" to examine the pace and direction of change of Israel's political, social and economic institutions.

The book concentrates on civilian aspects of the 1948 War and discusses issues relating to the connection between war and society. These issues include: mobilization for military service; public participation in financing the war effort; war casualties; the impact of war on the civilian way of life; and the organization of the civilian home front.

This edited collection offers a comprehensive analysis of the most significant factors to have contributed to the current relations between Israel's Jewish and Arab citizens.

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. This book discusses the nature and characteristics of this cultural tension and the nature of Jewishness.

The 1996 Israel elections were the first elections by direct vote for the position of Prime Minister. This work looks at the parties, election campaigns and the processes that determined the outcome.

The "Israeli History, Politics and Society" series comprises multidisciplinary studies that range from elections and the Yom Kippur war to the search for a true Israeli identity and the various initiatives to foment or prevent the peace process.

This volume examines the conflicts that from the 1948 until the 1967 Six Day War came to define the Israeli struggle for existence.

This book examines what Benjamin Netanyahu's 1996 election victory means both domestically and internationally.

Yosef Govrin, the Israeli Ambassador to Romania in the twilight of the communist era, describes Israeli-Romanian relations as he observed them from 1985 to 1989.

This is an interdisciplinary study of Israeli society in one of the defining moments in the history of Israel.

The main theme of this volume is the tension between the will of the whole of Israeli society and the right of the individual conscience to take precedence over that collective will.

This study of the relationship between three anti-Zionist bodies in Britain also analyzes the Zionist attitude to the Jewish Fellowship, the Arab Office and the Committee for Arab Affairs.

This work examines Israel's experience in foreign affairs in its first 50 years of existence.

This volume addresses the intellectual, social and political ramifications of Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel before the creation of the State of Israel.