The Dark Side of Zionism. The Quest for Security Through Dominance.
Baylis Thomas
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Description for The Dark Side of Zionism. The Quest for Security Through Dominance.
Hardback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 560.
The Dark Side of Zionism: Israel's Quest for Security through Dominance arises out of the scholarship of the "new historians," a group of mostly Israeli scholars who have uncovered a history widely ignored in the popular media. Baylis Thomas argues that both the early Zionists and, later, the Israelis sought their security through the military domination of the indigenous Arab population of Palestine. This strategy required both avoiding negotiations with the Palestinian-Arabs and provoking the weak Arab states-opposed to the Israeli takeover of Palestine-into entering wars they would lose. The role of British imperial power was crucial in this early ... Read more
The Dark Side of Zionism: Israel's Quest for Security through Dominance arises out of the scholarship of the "new historians," a group of mostly Israeli scholars who have uncovered a history widely ignored in the popular media. Baylis Thomas argues that both the early Zionists and, later, the Israelis sought their security through the military domination of the indigenous Arab population of Palestine. This strategy required both avoiding negotiations with the Palestinian-Arabs and provoking the weak Arab states-opposed to the Israeli takeover of Palestine-into entering wars they would lose. The role of British imperial power was crucial in this early ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739126905
SKU
V9780739126905
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About Baylis Thomas
Baylis Thomas, who has taught at the Yeshiva University/Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Hospital, is the author of How Israel Was Won: A Concise History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Reviews for The Dark Side of Zionism. The Quest for Security Through Dominance.
The great merit of The Dark Side of Zionism stems from its combination of a dispassionate analysis of the many facets of Israeli aggression, on the one hand, with a keen and consistent moral compass, on the other. The result is a work both scholarly and just, a valuable addition to this never-ending controversy.
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