Israel : A History.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the 2008 edition -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- List of maps -- 1 Ideals of statehood -- 2 Towards Zion -- 3 Beyond the Balfour Declaration, 1918-1929 -- 4 Threats and dangers, 1929-1937 -- 5 Hopes… and blows, 1937-1939 -- 6 The Second World War, 1939-1945 -- 7 The British Mandate continues, 1945-1946 -- 8 Year of decision, 1947 -- 9 Undeclared war, November 1947-April 1948 -- 10 The conflict intensifies, April-May 1948 -- 11 The War of Independence, May 1948 to the first truce -- 12 From the first truce to the second truce -- 13 From the second truce to the armistice agreements -- 14 The last four months of the war -- 15 The ingathering of the exiles -- 16 Conflicts and achievements, 1952-1955 -- 17 Paths to war, December 1955-October 1956 -- 18 The Sinai campaign -- 19 A State in being, 1956-1963 -- 20 Years of growth, 1963-1966 -- 21 Nasser's challenge -- 22 The Six Day War -- 23 The dilemmas of victory -- 24 The October War, Yom Kippur 1973 -- 25 The fourth postwar era -- 26 To the Lebanese war and beyond -- 27 Intifada -- 28 Towards Madrid and Oslo -- 29 The peace process -- 30 'Shalom, haver' - Peace, my friend -- 31 Conflict and conciliation -- 32 'Permit me to be a dreamer' -- Epilogue -- Maps -- Glossary -- Bibliography of works consulted -- Index -- Endnotes.

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