In Search of Israel: The History of an Idea
- ISBN-10
- 0691203970
- ISBN-13
- 9780691203973
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 392
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-03-24
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Author
- Michael Brenner
Description
A major new history of the century-long debate over what a Jewish state should be Many 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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