Israel at 50 : A Journalist's Perspective

by HOHENBERG JOHN

• ISBN13: 9780815605188
• ISBN10: 0815605188
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Introduction: On Reality and Miracles	xi
PART ONE Founding the State	3	(76)
1. The Rebirth of a Nation	3	(9)
2. A Leader for Israel	12	(9)
3. The War of Independence	21	(8)
4. A Tour of Israel	29	(7)
5. Democracy under Fire	36	(9)
6. Crisis over Suez	45	(8)
7. War with Egypt	53	(8)
8. Treasure in the Desert	61	(8)
9. Israel Fights for Life	69	(10)
PART TWO Survival	79	(72)
10. Dayan's War	79	(8)
11. Two Days in June	87	(8)
12. Old Jerusalem Captured	95	(7)
13. Golda	102	(8)
14. Disaster!	110	(9)
15. Israel Strikes Back	119	(11)
16. Transient Times	130	(9)
17. After Thirty Years	139	(12)
PART THREE Between War and Peace	151	(72)
18. Begin Takes Over	151	(9)
19. Sadat to Israel	160	(9)
20. Begin to Washington	169	(9)
21. Carter as Mediator	178	(9)
22. Camp David I	187	(8)
23. Camp David II	195	(8)
24. The Price of Peace	203	(10)
25. War on Terrorism	213	(10)
PART FOUR Israel and the Middle East	223	(66)
26. How Much Unity?	223	(9)
27. Conflict with Iraq	232	(9)
28. A Changing World	241	(10)
29. Rabin and Peres	251	(9)
30. The Oslo Process	260	(9)
31. New Deal in the Middle East	269	(9)
32. The Sacrifice	278	(11)
PART FIVE Israel vs. Palestinians	289	(44)
33. Reviving Israel	289	(9)
34. Likud's Hard Line	298	(8)
35. Bombs in Jerusalem	306	(9)
36. The Trials of Peace	315	(8)
37. Israel at 50	323	(10)
Notes	333	(16)
Bibliography	349	(2)
Index	351