In Search of Israel : The History of an Idea Paperback / softback
by Michael Brenner
Paperback / softback
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A major new history of the century-long debate over what a Jewish state should beMany Zionists who advocated for the creation of a Jewish state envisioned a nation like any other.
Yet for Israel's founders, the nation that emerged against all odds in 1948 was anything but ordinary.
Born from the ashes of genocide and a long history of suffering, Israel was conceived to be unique, a model society and the heart of a prosperous new Middle East.
It is this paradox, says historian Michael Brenner—the Jewish people's wish for a homeland both normal and exceptional—that shapes Israel's ongoing struggle to define itself and secure a place among nations.
In Search of Israel is a major new history of this struggle from the late nineteenth century to our time.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:392 pages, 24 b/w illus. 4 maps.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:24/03/2020
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- ISBN:9780691203973
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:392 pages, 24 b/w illus. 4 maps.
- Publisher:Princeton University Press
- Publication Date:24/03/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9780691203973
