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Zionism and The Development Of Israel

[Bub97]
Buber, Martin; Godman, Stanley (Translator). On Zion: The History of an Idea (Martin Buber Library). Syracuse Univ Pr (Trade); 1997. Paperback. ISBN 0-815604-82-3.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0815604823/socculturejewish/]

[Chu67]
Churchill, Randolph S. & Winston S. The Six Day War. Penguin. 1967. [a classic contemporary account]

[Bra75]
Brandeis, Louis D. Brandeis on Zionism (The Rise of Jewish Nationalism and the Middle East Series). Hyperion Pr; 1975. Hardcover. Reprint edition. ISBN 0-883553-12-0.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0883553120/socculturejewish/]

[CohM87]
Cohen, Mitchell. Zion and State: Nation, Class and the Shaping of Modern Israel. Blackwell. 1987. Columbia Univ Pr; 1992. Paperback. ISBN 0-231079-41-9. [The struggle between mainstream and Revisionist Zionism during the Mandatory and early statehood periods]
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0231079419/socculturejewish/]

[CohN75]
Cohen, Naomi Wiener. American Jews and the Zionist Idea. Ktav Publishing House; 1975. Paperback. ISBN 0-870682-72-5.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0870682725/socculturejewish/]

[Erl94]
Erlich, Avi; Erlich, Victor. Ancient Zionism: The Biblical Origins of the National Idea. Free Press; 1994. Hardcover. ISBN 0-029023-52-1. [Traces the birth of Zionism to biblical history, and analyzes, defends and criticizes modern Zionism.]
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0029023521/socculturejewish/]

[Gol97]
Goldberg, David J. To the Promised Land: A History of Zionist Thought from Its Origins to the Modern State of Israel (Penguin Politics). Penguin USA (Paper); 1997. Paperback. ISBN 0-140125-12-4.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140125124/socculturejewish/]

[Gre91]
Greenspahn, F. (ed). Essential Papers on Israel and the Ancient Near East. New York Univ Pr; 1991. Paperback. ISBN 0-814730-38-8.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0814730388/socculturejewish/]

[Hal77]
Halkin, Hillel. Letters to an American Jewish Friend: A Zionist's Polemic. JPS, 1977. ISBN 0-827600-93-3. Out of Print. [Halkin, an American oleh, addresses six fictional letters to his imaginary friend, explaining to him why he should make aliyah. Considered a classic among American olim in Israel (esp. the non-orthodox olim, since Halkin basically espouses a secular Zionist position).]
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0827600933/socculturejewish/]

[Hal76]
Halpern, Ben. The Idea of a Jewish State. Harvard University Press, 1976. Out of Print. ISBN 0-674442-01-6.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674442016/socculturejewish/]

[Hal00]
Halpern, Ben; Reinharz, Jehuda. Zionism and the Creation of a New Society (Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Series). Brandeis Univ; 2000. Paperback. ISBN 1-584650-23-0.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1584650230/socculturejewish/]

[Har88]
Harkabi, Yehoshafat. Israel's Fateful Hour. Harper & Row. 1988. Out of Print. [The former director of IDF military intelligence, Hebrew University professor of international relations, and winner of the 1993 Israel Prize, explains Israel's need for peace and the feasibility of "land for peace"; based on the author's Hachpaot Goraliot]

[Her17]
Herzl, Theodore. The Jewish State. Federation of American Zionists, New York. 1917. Dover Pubns; 1989. Paperback. ISBN 0-486258-49-1.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0486258491/socculturejewish/]

[Her75]
Herzog, Chaim. The War of Atonement. Steinmatzky. 1975. Stackpole Books; 1998. Hardcover. ISBN 1-853673-07-2.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1853673072/socculturejewish/]

[Her79]
Hertzberg, Arthur. The Zionist Idea: A Historical Analysis and Reader. Atheneum. 1979. Jewish Publication Society; 1997. Paperback. ISBN 0-827606-22-2. [An outstanding 85 page introductory essay and anthology of writings by leading Zionists]
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0827606222/socculturejewish/]

[Jaf89a]
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. The West Bank and Gaza: Israel's Options for Peace. Tel Aviv University. 1989. [essential background reading from a study group led by Aharon Yariv, a former director of IDF military intelligence; initially sponsored by the American Jewish Congress and co-sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith]

[Jaf89b]
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies of Tel Aviv University. The West Bank and Gaza: Toward A Solution. Tel Aviv University. 1989. [a companion to Jaf89b; independent proposals by the Jaffee Center study group]

[Laq72]
Laqueur, Walter. A History of Zionism Schocken Books, 1972. Fine Communications; 1997. Hardcover. Reprint edition. ISBN 1-567311-00-8.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1567311008/socculturejewish/]

[Man76]
Mandel, Neville. The Arabs and Zionism Before World War I. University of California. 1976. Out of Print.

[Med00]
Medoff, Rafael; Waxman, Chaim I.; Woronoff, Jon (ed). Historical Dictionary of Zionism. Scarecrow Pr; 2000. Hardcover. ISBN 0-810837-73-0.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0810837730/socculturejewish/]

[Mel92]
Melman, Yossi. The New Israelis: An Intimate View of a Changing People. Birch Lane Pr; 1992. Hardcover. ISBN 1-559721-29-4. [The first half of the book is a history of Zionism, along with an analysis of the decisions, accomplishments, compromises, and mistakes that the major leaders made. The second half of the book discusses various aspects of Israeli society, such as religious groups, Israeli Arabs, Sefardim, defense needs, and so on. Note: Melman is clearly a left-wing secular Israeli.]
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1559721294/socculturejewish/]

[Par96]
Parker, Richard B. (ed); Saunders, Harold H. The Six-Day War: A Retrospective. University Press of Florida: 1996. Hardcover. ISBN 0-813013-83-6
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0813013836/socculturejewish/]

[Pen91]
Penkower, Monty Noam. The Emergence of Zionist Thought (American University Studies, Series IX, History, Vol 3). Peter Lang Publishing; 1991. Hardcover. ISBN 0-820416-00-2.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0820416002/socculturejewish/]

[Kor83]
Kornberg, Jacques. At the Crossroads: Essays on Ahad Ha'Am. State Univ of New York Pr; 1983. Paperback. ISBN 0-873957-39-3.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0873957393/socculturejewish/]

[Pen94]
Penkower, Monty Noam. The Holocaust and Israel Reborn: From Catastrophe to Sovereignty. Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref); 1994. Paperback. ISBN 0-252063-78-3.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0252063783/socculturejewish/]

[Por90]
Porat, Dina. The Blue and the Yellow Stars of David: The Zionist Leadership in Palestine and the Holocaust 1939-1945. Harvard Univ Pr; 1990. Hardcover. ISBN 0-674077-08-3.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0674077083/socculturejewish/]

[Rub84]
Rubenstein, Amnon. The Zionist Dream Revisited. Schocken Books, New York. 1984. Out of Print. [Traces the cumulative tradition of Israeli intellectuals from its Herzlian and Second Aliayh roots to the present day and delves into the reasons for the right-wing reaction that has emerged since the Six-Day War. Very political.]

[Sac90]
Sachar, Howard M. The Course of Modern Jewish History. Vintage Books. New revised edition, 1990. Paperback. 891 pages. ISBN 0-679727-46-9.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679727469/socculturejewish]

[Sac96]
Sachar, Howard M. A History of Israel: From the Rise of Zionism to Our Time. Knopf; 1996. Paperback. 2nd revised edition. ISBN 0-679765-63-8.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679765638/socculturejewish/]

[Seg86]
Segev, Tom. 1949: The First Israelis. The Free Press, 1986. Henry Holt (Paper); 1998. Paperback. Reprint edition. ISBN 0-805058-96-6. [A detailed history of the first year of Israel's existence, based on an extensive study of official documents and the press, showing how ideology met with the reality of building a state.]
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805058966/socculturejewish/]

[Sim62]
Simon, Leon. Selected Essays of Ahad Ha-'Am Athenium, 1962.

[Ste97]
Sternhell, Zeev; Maisel, David (transl). The Founding Myths of Israel. Princeton Univ Pr; 1997. Hardcover. ISBN 0-691016-94-1.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691016941/socculturejewish/]

[Syk73]
Sykes, Christopher. Crossroads to Israel: 1917-1948. Midland Books. 1973. Out of Print.

[Uro95]
Urofsky, Melvin I. American Zionism from Herzl to the Holocaust. Univ of Nebraska Pr; 1995. Paperback. ISBN 0-803295-59-6.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0803295596/socculturejewish/]

[Zip93]
Zipperstein, Steven J. Elusive Prophet: Ahad Ha'Am and the Origins of Zionism. Univ California Press; 1993. Hardcover. ISBN 0-520081-11-0.
[Buy at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0520081110/socculturejewish/]


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