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Synopsis
Drawing on newly declassified documents, this behind-the-scenes story of Israel's first year as a sovereign state presents revelations about the attitudes and actions of the Jewish state-builders
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Review
" Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict. Segev' s book provides the best analysis I have seen of the problems of trying to integrate so many people from such diverse cultures into one political body." "-- ""The New York Times Book Review"
"A landmark book . . . Necessary reading for anyone interested in the past and future of the Middle East.""-- ""San Francisco Chronicle"
"A fascinating read . . . told with acid compassion.""-- ""The New York Review of Books"
"Understanding the present demands an honest confrontation with the past. "1949 "makes a major contribution to understanding.""-- ""Los Angeles Times Book Review"
“Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict. Segev’s book provides the best analysis I have seen of the problems of trying to integrate so many people from such diverse cultures into one political body.”"—""The New York Times Book Review "
"A landmark book . . . Necessary reading for anyone interested in the past and future of the Middle East.""—""San Francisco Chronicle"
"A fascinating read . . . told with acid compassion.""—""The New York Review of Books"
"Understanding the present demands an honest confrontation with the past. "1949 "makes a major contribution to understanding.""—""Los Angeles Times Book Review"
"Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict. Segev's book provides the best analysis I have seen of the problems of trying to integrate so many people from such diverse cultures into one political body.""--""The New York Times Book Review "
"A landmark book . . . Necessary reading for anyone interested in the past and future of the Middle East.""--""San Francisco Chronicle"
"A fascinating read . . . told with acid compassion.""--""The New York Review of Books"
"Understanding the present demands an honest confrontation with the past. "1949 "makes a major contribution to understanding.""--""Los Angeles Times Book Review"
Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict. Segev's book provides the best analysis I have seen of the problems of trying to integrate so many people from such diverse cultures into one political body. "The New York Times Book Review"
A landmark book . . . Necessary reading for anyone interested in the past and future of the Middle East. "San Francisco Chronicle"
A fascinating read . . . told with acid compassion. "The New York Review of Books"
Understanding the present demands an honest confrontation with the past. "1949 "makes a major contribution to understanding. "Los Angeles Times Book Review""
"Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict. Segev's book provides the best analysis I have seen of the problems of trying to integrate so many people from such diverse cultures into one political body." --The New York Times Book Review
"A landmark book . . . Necessary reading for anyone interested in the past and future of the Middle East." --San Francisco Chronicle
"A fascinating read . . . told with acid compassion." --The New York Review of Books
"Understanding the present demands an honest confrontation with the past. 1949 makes a major contribution to understanding." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
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The founding of Israel in 1948 - one of the seminal events of the century - offers a dramatic narrative with few parallels in modern history. In 1949, a controversial best-seller in Israel, Tom Segev draws on thousands of declassified documents along with personal diaries and correspondence to reconstruct the unvarnished story of Israel's first years. Segev reveals the lofty aspirations that guided the state's leaders as well as the darker side of the Zionist utopia: the friction between the early settlers and the immigrants; the lack of good-faith negotiations with the Arabs; the clash between religious and secular factions; the daily collision of the Zionist myth with the severe realities of life in the new state.
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Renowned historian Tom Segev strips away national myths to present a critical and clear-eyed chronicle of the year immediately following Israel's foundation. Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict.the best analysis.of the problems of trying to integrate so many people from such diverse cultures into one political body (The New York Times Book Review). Historian and journalist Tom Segev stirred up controversy in Israel upon the first publication of 1949. It was a landmark book that told a different story of the country's early years, one that wasn't taught in schools or shown in popular culture. Rather than painting the idealized picture of the Israel's founding in 1948, after the wreckage of the Holocaust, Segev reveals gritty underside behind the early years. The new country of Israel faced challenges on all sides. Day-to-day life was severe, marked by austerity and food shortages; Israeli society was fractured between traditional and secular camps; Jewish immigrants from Middle-Eastern countries faced discrimination and second-class treatment; and clashes between settlers and the Arabs would set the tone for relations for the following decades, hardening attitudes and creating a violent cycle of retaliation. Drawing on journal entries, letters, declassified government documents, and more, 1949 is a richly detailed look at the friction between the idealism of the Zionist movement and the cold realities of history. Decades after its publication in the United States, Segev's groundbreaking book is still required reading for anyone who wants to understand Israel's past and future. Seller Inventory # CIN0029291801A
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. Renowned historian Tom Segev strips away national myths to present a critical and clear-eyed chronicle of the year immediately following Israel's foundation. Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict.the best analysis.of the problems of trying to integrate so many people from such diverse cultures into one political body (The New York Times Book Review). Historian and journalist Tom Segev stirred up controversy in Israel upon the first publication of 1949. It was a landmark book that told a different story of the country's early years, one that wasn't taught in schools or shown in popular culture. Rather than painting the idealized picture of the Israel's founding in 1948, after the wreckage of the Holocaust, Segev reveals gritty underside behind the early years. The new country of Israel faced challenges on all sides. Day-to-day life was severe, marked by austerity and food shortages; Israeli society was fractured between traditional and secular camps; Jewish immigrants from Middle-Eastern countries faced discrimination and second-class treatment; and clashes between settlers and the Arabs would set the tone for relations for the following decades, hardening attitudes and creating a violent cycle of retaliation. Drawing on journal entries, letters, declassified government documents, and more, 1949 is a richly detailed look at the friction between the idealism of the Zionist movement and the cold realities of history. Decades after its publication in the United States, Segev's groundbreaking book is still required reading for anyone who wants to understand Israel's past and future. Seller Inventory # CIN0029291801A
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