| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-260) and index. |
| Contents |
Concepts of colonization -- History of colonization and Palestinian dispossession (1880-1948) -- Hegemony in the Middle East -- History of the Arab-Israeli wars (1949-1974) -- Weapons diplomacy, the political use of arms -- History of Israel's global weapons sales -- Begin, Peres, Shamir, and the Madrid Conference -- Rabin and the Oslo Accords -- Peres and Netanyahu and Wye River -- Barak and Arafat at Camp David -- Ariel Sharon: force over peace -- Olmert and the 2006 Lebanon war -- One-state, two-states, or continued apartheid? -- Terrorism -- The paradox of nationalism -- Religion and possession in ancient Palestine. |
| Summary |
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 arguesthat 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 weakArab states-opposed to the Israeli takeover of Palestine-into entering wars they would lose. The. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Zionism.
|
|
Zionism. |
|
Zionism -- Historiography.
|
|
Zionism -- Historiography. |
|
Israel -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
|
|
Israel. |
|
Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Israel -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
|
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Causes.
|
|
Arab-Israeli conflict -- Causes. |
|
Arab-Israeli conflict. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomas, Baylis, 1932- Dark side of Zionism. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2009 9780739126905 0739126903 (DLC) 2008038166 (OCoLC)244659853 |
| ISBN |
9780739132982 (electronic book) |
|
0739132989 (electronic book) |
|
9780739126905 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
|
0739126903 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
|
9780739126912 |
|
0739126911 |
| Standard No. |
9786612494116 |
|
