Israel : a history
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- ISBN: 9781554700660 (pbk.) :
- ISBN: 1554700663 (pbk.) :
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Physical Description:
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xxiii, 785 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. - Edition: 60th anniversary ed. rev. and enlarged.
- Publisher: Toronto, ON : Key Porter Books, c2008.
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General Note: | Israel is a small and relatively young country, but its turbulent history has placed it squarely at the centre of the world stage. For two millennia the Jews, dispersed all over the world, prayed for a return to Zion. Until the nineteenth century, that dream seemed a fantasy, but then a secular Zionist movement was born and soon the initial trickle of Jewish Immigrants to Palestine turned into a flood as Jews fled persecution in Europe. From these beginnings, Martin Gilbert traces the events and personalities that would lead to the dramatic declaration of Statehood in May 1948. Since then, Israel's history has been dominated by conflict: Suez, the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur War, the Lebanon War and the Intifada. Using contemporary documents and eyewitness accounts, drawing on his own intimate knowledge of the country and its people, Martin Gilbert weaves together a seamless, page-turning history of a powerful and proud nation. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 701-710) and index. |
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Subject: | Arab-Israeli conflict Jews -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century Israel -- History |
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Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | 956.94 GIL (Text) | DCL115287 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
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