Zionism and the Foundations of Israeli Diplomacy
In a detailed historical reconstruction of the origins of Jewish political thought, the book traces the development of Zionist ideology in the years prior to Israel's independence. The analysis demonstrates how the political, social and economic foundations of the future state were negotiated in this period and how these ideologies have endured and are reflected in present-day Israeli diplomacy and in the fragmentary nature of its politics. The book will become a standard reference for...
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Historical reconstruction of the origins of Zionist ideology demonstrating its influence on Israeli politics.
PrefaceGlossaryPt. ISetting the scene1Ideas and the course of history32Israeli society and politics before independence103A remarkable and terrible decade28Pt. IIAppearances and reality4The political world of the founding fathers595The vicissitudes of hegemony966The revolutionary maximalists1467The reluctant vanguard1608The lost avant-garde1799The Communists - in captivity186Pt. IIIThe fallacies of Realpolitik10Jabotinsky and the Revisionist tradition19911The Revolt22512The mysticism of realism249Pt. IVSectarian interests and a facade of generality13The General Zionists27114The farmers and the Sephardi notables288Pt. VGod's dispositions15Religious nationalism29916Religious orthodoxy and the cult of separateness311Pt. VIThe boundaries of the intelligentsia17Canaanites and Semites32318Magnes, Buber and Ihud (Unity)33719The divided heritage: Israel's diplomatic tradition357Notes390Index443
