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CONTENTS List of Maps x Acknowledgments xi Author’s Note xiii PART I * 1881–1918 zionism: ideology and praxis 1 The Emergence of the Zionist Movement 3 2 Jews, Turks, Arabs: First Encounters in the Land 27 PART II * 1918–1948 a state-in-the-making 3 Palestine under British Rule 67 4 Immigration and Settlement during the Mandate Period 103 5 The Yishuv as an Emerging State 119 6 The Yishuv: Society, Culture, and Ethos 133 PART III * 1948–1967 nation building 7 The War of Independence, 1947–1949 155 8 The Creation of Israeli Democracy 179 9 State Building: Economy, Development, and Big Government 208 10 The Great Aliya: Mass Immigration 222 11 Culture and Norms in an Evolving Society 248 12 Politics, Peace, and War 271 PART IV * 1967–1977 a decade of war 13 Six Days That Changed the Middle East 295 14 The Age of Euphoria, 1967–1973 307 15 The Yom Kippur War, 1973 326 16 Israeli Society after the Yom Kippur War 340 PART V * 1977–2000 peace, war, and indecision 17 Begin in Power 357 18 The Stalemate Years: A Changing Israeli Identity, 1984–1990 391 19 The Decade of Hope, 1990–2000 422 An Interim Summary 469 Index 477 ...

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