«История государства Израиль»

Contents A list of maps and illustrations 11, Acknowledgements 12 About the book (in English) 13 Preface 14 Introduction: To love your country 16 Prologue, THE IQ'^» CENTURY: THE EUROPEAN PRELUDE 20 • Edmond Rothschild and Theodore Herzl • Antisemitism Chapter 1. 1896-1918: THE TURKISH PRELUDE 28 • The link with the Land • The peoples of Palestine • The World War I in Palestine • The Jewish intelligence service • The Jews survived the Armenian Holocaust Chapter 2, 1918-1939: THE BRITISH PRELUDE 57 • Zionism finds friends in Great Britain • Nationalism of the Jews • Nationalism of the Arabs • Britain’s efforts • Economic development of Palestine • Britain’s failures Chapters, 1939-1947: THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH 84 • Battles around Palestine • The Holocaust • The Jewish underground in Palestine • The last thrill of the British Mandate Chapter 4, 1947-1948: THE BIRTH OF ISRAEL AND THE CIVIL WAR Ill • The UN as a midwife • The Civil war • British evacuated Chapter 5. 1948-1949: THE INTERVENTION AND THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 142 • The Arab intervention • The battles at the Egyptian front • The battle for Jerusalem • Golda Meir in the USSR • The Armistice Chapters, 1950-1955: ISRAEL AS REPUBLIC 169 • Israel looks for bread • Israel looks for people • Israel looks for security • Israel creates laws • The framework of Government 8