Zionism

"Why does Zionism continue to arouse such passion around the world? Zionism is hotly debated, but much of its history is unfamiliar to both advocates and opponents. Throughout that history, people who have called themselves Zionists have espoused a wide variety of ideas, programmes, and aims. Abrupt changes in global historical circumstances over the course of the twentieth century generated radical shifts in Zionist goals and tactics, along with intense arguments about what being a Zionist actually entailed. Nevertheless, Zionists managed to overcome both the obstacles of external opposition and their own internal disunity to help the State of Israel secure its independence in 1948." "Avoiding polemics, this book gives readers a clear understanding of why the Zionist movement came into being, how it achieved what it did, and what role it continues to play in the life of contemporary Jews, the State of Israel, and the effort to bring peace to the Middle East."--BOOK JACKET.

David Engel is Greenberg Professor of Holocaust Studies, Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, and Professor of History at New York University.

The Idea of a “Jewish State”
Self-Representations of Zionist Origins
Jewish Settlement in Palestine before Zionism
Europe and the Near East Between Multinational Empire and Nation-State
The Origins of Jewish Nationalism
Crystallization of a Movement, 1881-97
New Jewish Immigration and Settlement Patterns in Palestine
Conflicting Concepts: Palestine as a Refuge and a “National Home”
The Beginnings of Western European Jewish Involvement in Palestine
Theodor Herzl and the Establishment of the World Zionist Organization
Zionist Diplomacy and Jewish Settlement under Ottoman Rule, 1897-1918
“Political,” “Practical,” and “Synthetic” Zionism
The SecondAliyahand its Impact on Zionist Development
The Beginnings of Zionist-Arab Friction
World War I, the Balfour Declaration, and the Rise of Palestinian Nationalism
Growth of the Zionist Enterprise under the British Mandate, 1918-29
The Structure of the Mandatory Regime
Building Palestine's Economic Infrastructure
The Hegemony of the Labor Movement and the Revisionist Challenge
Building a New Jewish National Culture
The End of British-Zionist Cooperation, 1929-48
Arab Opposition Mounts; Britain Rethinks the Mandate
The Rise of Nazism and the Struggle over Immigration
The Idea of Partition and its Challenge to Zionist Thought
Britain as Enemy
The Partitioned State, 1948-67
Proclaiming Independence and the 1948 War
New Tasks for Zionism: The Post-Holocaust Jewish World
Mass Immigration and Social Change
Israel’s Relations with the Arab World
Greater Israel, 1967
The Six-Day War and its Effects
Religious Zionism: Messianic Influences in Israeli Politics and Culture
The 1973 War and the Tribulations of the Peace Process
Facing the Palestinians
Towards a New Era?
Non-Jews in a Jewish State
The Impact of Globalization
Jewish or Israeli?
The Post-Zionist Debates
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