Tragedy of Zionism
Subtitle: How Its Revolutionary Past Haunts Israeli Democracy
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Allworth Press
Published: September 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781581152586
Subjects: Jewish studies; Judaism; Nationalism; World history: from c 1900 -; 20th century; Middle East - Israel; History - General History; Political Science; Zionism; Politics/International Relations; Israel; Political Ideologies - Democracy; General; History & Theory - General; History / Israel; History / Jewish; Political Science : History & Theory - General; Social Science : General; History; Labor Zionism
First sentence: When the state of Israel was proclaimed in 1948, Winston Churchill cabled Chaim Weizmann, the state's venerable first president, declaring what a fine moment it was "for an old Zionist like me!"