Product Description: The Zionist Movement was born in the wake of Jewish emancipation in Western Europe, and at a time of increased persecution in Eastern Europe. This volume addresses the intellectual, social and political ramifications of Jewish settlement in Eretz Israel before the creation of the State of Israel...read more

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Product Description: Culture has played a focal role in the shaping of Jewish-Israeli national identity. Since the 1950s, Israeli culture has been disintegrating into simultaneous sub-cultures. The contributors discuss the nature and characteristics of this cultural tension and the nature of Jewishness...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Benjamin Netanyahu's 1996 election victory marked a major turnaround in his fortunes, for only a few months earlier his political career had seemed finished. This book examines what his victory means both domestically and internationally. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Strategists assess the opportunities confronting Israel at the century's end and offer solutions to such issues as the economic consequences of peace for security, implications of the new world order for Israel's strategic interests, Israel's nuclear weapons and a future Middle Eastern battlefield...read more

The authors have gathered material from government and other official documents, newspaper files, academic studies, and interviews with policy makers to give a comprehensive account of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait

Product Description: Specialists from Israel, Europe and the US examine the implications of peace for Israel. How would it affect the country's political and economic systems and its national security, and what would peace mean for its regional and international standing and its relations with world Jewry...read more

Product Description: This collection attempts to analyze the present problems that face Israel and chart the possible future. The book places these issues in the context of the New World Order, the establishment of which includes Israel's improving relations with India, China and Africa, and the continuing Middle East peace talks...read more

Product Description: Bringing together Israeli, American and European specialists from the fields of Middle East history, international relations, strategy and economics, this book offers a comprehensive "post bellum" analysis of the impact and implications of the Iran-Iraq war...read more

Product Description: This Chatham House Paper examines the nature of Soviet relations with Syria, assessing the commitments made and the gains reaped by Moscow and Damascus in the economic, military and political spheres. After discussing Soviet interests in the region in general and with regard to Syria in particular, the author traces the evolution of the relationship between Moscow and its major Middle Eastern ally since Asad came to power in 1970...read more