{"product_id":"israel-a-history-9780688123628","title":"Israel: A History","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIsrael: A History\u003c\/strong\u003e by Gilbert, Martin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780688123628.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The most comprehensive account of Israeli history yet published.” — The Sunday Telegraph\n“An epic history . . . a picture of an Israel that persevered and prevailed, that was determined to survive and was unwilling to trust its independence to others but sought peace whenever possible.” — Foreign Affairs\nIsrael is a small and relatively\nyoung country, but since the day of its creation more than half a century ago, its\nturbulent history has placed it squarely at the center of the world stage. For\ntwo millennia the Jews, dispersed all over the world, prayed for a return to\nZion. Until the nineteenth century, that dream seemed a fantasy, but then a\nsecular Zionist movement was born and soon the initial trickle of Jewish\nimmigrants to Palestine turned into a flood as Jews fled persecution in Europe.\n\nFrom these beginnings, preeminent historian Martin\nGilbert traces the events and personalities that would lead to the sudden,\ndramatic declaration of Statehood in May 1948. From that point on, Israel’s\nhistory has been dominated by conflict: Suez, the Six Day War, the Yom Kippur\nWar, the Lebanon and the Intifada.\n\nUsing contemporary documents and\neyewitness accounts, and drawing on his own intimate knowledge of the country\nand its people, Martin Gilbert weaves together a riveting, page-turning history\nof a powerful and proud nation, from the struggles of its pioneers in the nineteenth century up to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945871863861,"sku":"ByrdShop_0688123627","price":27.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780688123628_f90d99c0-1cae-44dd-af52-e697145ccb20.jpg?v=1778824011","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/israel-a-history-9780688123628","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}