| Publishing data: |
UK (Transworld); USA (Doubleday), 1998, hardback; 1999, paperback; second, revised edition, UK paperback (Transworld), 2008; US paperback (HarperCollins), 2008; Canadian paperback (Key Porter), 2008. |
| Summary: |
Examines the history of the Zionist movement and modern Jewish nationalism from the mid-nineteenth century to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and charts the first fifty years of the history of the State of Israel. Conflict and wars, achievement and creativity, are seen through the eyes of the leading personalities and the men and women who committed their lives to turn Theodor Herzl's dream into a reality. Follows the agreements, treaties, proposals and negotiations of the first fifty years of statehood. Probes the ideals and the realities of statehood. |
| Notes About This Book: |
72 photographs, 43 maps compiled by the author. |
