Plowshares into swords : from Zionism to Israel /

Plowshares into swords : from Zionism to Israel /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Mayer, Arno J.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Verso, 2008.
Description:	xv, 432 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Zionism. Arab-Israeli conflict. Arab-Israeli conflict. Zionism. Israel -- History. Israel. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7297759

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ISBN:	9781844672356 (hbk.) 1844672352 (hbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-422) and index.
Summary:	Traces the Zionist Israeli quest from its origins in pre-World War I Europe to the present, offering alternative perspectives on issues such as the oil imperative and the emergence of political Judaism.

Table of Contents:

The imperial context: 1890 to the First World War
Prefiguration : the 1920s
Gathering storms
Realignments
Collision courses
The Cold War: Israel in the world
The iron diplomatic wall
The wages of hubris.