Israel: A History Book

	Introduction
	Acknowledgements
	List of photographs
	List of maps
1	Ideals of statehood	3
2	Towards Zion	16
3	Beyond the Balfour Declaration, 1918-1929	36
4	Threats and dangers, 1929-1937	59
5	Hopes ... and blows, 1937-1939	82
6	The Second World War, 1939-1945	100
7	The British Mandate continues, 1945-1946	121
8	Year of decision, 1947	141
9	Undeclared war, November 1947-April 1948	153
10	The conflict intensifies, April-May 1948	170
11	The War of Independence, May 1948 to the first truce	186
12	From the first truce to the second truce	209
13	From the second truce to the armistice agreements	223
14	The last four months of the war	240
15	The ingathering of the exiles	250
16	Conflicts and achievements, 1952-1955	279
17	Paths to war, December 1955-October 1956	306
18	The Sinai campaign	320
19	A State in being, 1956-1963	329
20	Years of growth, 1963-1966	349
21	Nasser's challenge	365
22	The Six Day War	384
23	The dilemmas of victory	396
24	The October War, Yom Kippur 1973	426
25	The fourth postwar era	462
26	To the Lebanese war and beyond	496
27	Intifada	525
28	Towards Madrid and Oslo	543
29	The peace process	568
30	'Shalom, haver' - Peace, my friend	588
	Maps	621
	Glossary	665
	Bibliography of works consulted	671
	Index	681