The Rise of Israel: A History of a Revolutionary State

by Jonathan Adelman

Book Overview

The state of Israel is one of the most controversial countries in the world. Yet, its unique creation and rise to power in 1948 has not been adequately explained either by its friends (mainstream Zionists) nor by its detractors (Arabists and post-Zionists).

Using a variety of comparative methodologies; from contrasting the Jewish state to other minorities in the Ottoman Turkish Empire to the rise of the four Tigers in Asia to newly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415775108
• ISBN13: 9780415775106
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"