Israel at Sixty : An Oral History of a Nation

Based on extensive interviews, Israel at Sixty presents a balanced, comprehensive account of this complex and amazing land. It re-creates historic events from the actions of Israel's founding visionaries through the ravages of six wars with its Arab neighbors to its growing strength and international stature and efforts to make permanent peace with its adversaries. Complete with more than fifty previously unpublished photos, Israel at Sixty is a beautiful keepsake for anyone who loves, respects, and supports the Jewish state.

Deborah Hart Strober and Gerald S. Strober are the authors of Giuliani: Flawed or Flawless? The Oral Biography; His Holiness the Dalai Lama: The Oral Biography; and five other oral histories. They live in New York City.

Acknowledgments
Chronology of the State of Israel
The Interviewees
Introduction
The Ancient Land of Israel and the Modern Jewish State
From the Rise of Nazism to Post-War Efforts to Establish The Modern Jewish State
Hitler's Persecution of European Jewry and Finding Safe Havens
The Zionist Spirit of Sabras, the Ingathered Exiles and Diaspora Jews
Life and Politics in the Yishuv during the British Mandate
The Underground and the Battle to Oust the British
Proclamation of the Jewish State And Its Up-Building
May 14, 1948: Declarations of Independence and War
After the Celebration, War
Ingathering of the Exiles and Creating Political and Social Institutions
Identification in the Diaspora with the New Jewish State
Israel's Political Leadership, Past and Present
Wars of Defense, Attrition, and Preemption
Redeeming Endangered Exiles
Seismic Changes
May 1977: a Political and Demographic "Earthquake"
Sadat in Jerusalem and the Camp David Accords
Fighting Terrorism: Taking Controversial Actions to Ensure the Jewish State's Survival
Oslo and the Resulting "Unthinkable" Handshake
New Realities
The Beginning of Palestinian Self-Rule
The Death or Incapacity of Potential Peace-Makers
A Leadership Crisis and New Political Facts on the Ground
Can Israel Survive?
Is Peace with Israel's Enemies Really Possible?
Challenges to Israel in the First Decade of the Twentieth Century
Looking to the Future
Index
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Israel at Sixty : An Oral History of a Nation Reborn

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