'Highly recommended . . . The title of the book reflects its focus: the international, political, religious, social, and diplomatic forces affecting the history of the Jews who identified with Zionism and later with the state of Israel.' Library Journal 'As Ireland's representative to United Nations discussions of Palestinian refugees, Conor Cruise O'Brien sat between Israel and Iraq . . . O'Brien now suggests that a solution to Middle East anguish may not even be possible. That so bleak a view is the basis for so ...
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'Highly recommended . . . The title of the book reflects its focus: the international, political, religious, social, and diplomatic forces affecting the history of the Jews who identified with Zionism and later with the state of Israel.' Library Journal 'As Ireland's representative to United Nations discussions of Palestinian refugees, Conor Cruise O'Brien sat between Israel and Iraq . . . O'Brien now suggests that a solution to Middle East anguish may not even be possible. That so bleak a view is the basis for so enlightening a book can be attributed to the author's capabilities as a historian, journalist and political analyst, not to mention storyteller.' Time 'One is hard pressed to recall another [book] which deals in depth with this vast and prickly subject that is as bold or as readable.' Publishers Weekly 'It bears the mark of a restless, original, idiosyncratic mind.' Abba Eban, Los Angeles Times 'A fine work of scholarship whose analysis stands up well in the light of later events.' Oliver Kamm, from his preface to this edition
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Add this copy of The Siege: the Saga of Israel and Zionism to cart. $25.53, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Simon & Schuster.
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Good in Fair dust jacket. 0671600443. 798 pages. Clean text, good binding, illustrated with photos. DJ has heavy tears and creases. The author, who was an Irish Covers the anti-Semitic violence from the end of the 19th century and Zionism's history to the creation of the Jewish state of Israel is 1948 up to the year 1982. Vladimir Jabontinky, Ben-Gurion, Herzl, Weizmann, Gold Meir, Moshe Dayan. Additionally, the strategic importance of Gaza to Egypt, the Oriential Jews, the Arab citizens of Israel, and many controversial issues are still relevant today;
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This is the best one volume history of Zionism and Israel I have read. I found Gilbert's "Israel" to be an unreadable hash, as if it were translated from an obscure Phillipine dialect into English by a computer. Laquer's prose (in "Zionism")is passable, the book serviceable but no more than that.
O'Brien's prose is lively. The actors walk the planet. Historical underpinnings are set in place as a foundation.
O'Brien tells the tale through the mid 1980s and I regret he will not now get an opportunity to bring the story forward.
