![]() ![]() ![]() While the narrative focuses predominantly on politics, high-level diplomacy and war, it also illuminates other topics, including the Jewish settlement of Palestine in the early years of this century, tensions between secularists and Orthodox Jews, Israeli military intelligence operations, the current impasse in negotiations with Palestinian Arabs and the ferment of Israeli society, which Gilbert portrays as a diverse mixture of immigrant peoples that embody many different strands of Judaism yet are united by Israeli culture. ![]() Gilbert's extensive behind-the-scenes and on-the-battlefield coverage of Israel's numerous wars with its Arab neighbors adds much new detail. Digging up a wealth of primary source material and quoting liberally from letters, memoirs, eyewitness accounts, interviews, memoranda and diaries of David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Moshe Dayan, Abba Eban, Shimon Peres, Teddy Kollek and dozens of ordinary people, the eminent British historian (The Holocaust) has produced a gripping epic. Gilbert's impassioned history adds immeasurably to our understanding of the forces that have shaped contemporary Israel. Martin Gilbert The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War Paperback Illustrated, by Martin Gilbert (Author) 1,079 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 12.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 18.85 36 Used from 11.70 3 Collectible from 19. ![]()
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