A History of Israel

ISBN-13: 9780333676325 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 320 str.

Ahron Bregman

Opis

A History of Israel examines Israel's turbulent history from the first Zionist Congress in 1897 to the present day. The driving themes of this masterly account are Jewish immigration, war, and attempts to forge peace between Israelis, Arabs and Palestines. Bregman also uses his experience as a journalist to expose secrets never previously published to support his compelling narrative. There is a rare extract from a radio exchange between air control and Israeli pilots on the fourth day of the Six Day War, showing that the Israelis did realize that the ship they were bombing was the American USS Liberty, but still went on to attack it. Also included is the never-before-published protocol of the secret meeting between Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and President Sadat's emissary Hassan el-Tohami, in Morocco in 1977, which shows that contrary to common belief, no promise was made a priori to President Sadat that he would get the Sinai back before his arrival in Israel. Bregman had access to The Syrian Declaration of Principles of 1992 - the basis for talks between Israel and Syria - and this appears in this book in its entirety for the first time ever. But perhaps the biggest coup is the exclusive revelations on the work of the most senior spy Mossad ever had in Egypt, and possibly in the Arab world. Bregman tells of how the spy turned his back on Mossad at the eleventh hour and betrayed and misled the Israelis to become the jewel in the crown of the Egyptian deception plan for the October 1973 war.

Spis treści

List of maps.- Preface.- The Road to Statehood, 1897 1947.- The Birth of Israel, 1948-1949.- Years of Consolidation, 1950-1966.- The Six Day War and Afterwards, 1967-1973.- Yom Kippur War and the Death of Labour, 1973-1977.- Begin's Years, 1977-1983.- The Road to Peace, 1983-1991.- Peace and War, 1992 to Present.- Appendix 1: The Liberty Affair, 1967.- Appendix 2: The Dayan el-Tohami Protocol, 1977.- Appendix 3: Draft Declaration of Principles, Israel-Syria, 1992.- Further Reading.- Index.

O autorze

AHRON BREGMAN is a Lecturer in History at Webster University, London and also a journalist for the Daily Telegraph and other national newspapers in the UK and the US.

Blurb

A History of Israel examines Israel's turbulent history from the first Zionist Congress of 1897 to the present day. Drawing on his considerable experience as historian and journalist, Ahron Bregman offers a balanced exploration of Israel's past in which the three principal driving themes of Jewish immigration, wars, and attempts to forge peace with Arabs and Palestinians combine into a single compelling narrative.

New insights, revelations appearing in print for the first time, and portraits of Israeli leaders, past and present, are adeptly woven together with an overview of major events. This incisive book will be welcomed by all with an interest in the fascinating history of Israel.