Politics
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A National Home for the Jewish People
£50.00
The Concept in British Political Thinking and Policy Making 1917-1923
Barzilay-Yegar, Dvorah
What was the concept of 'A National Home for the Jewish People,' where did it come from, and how was it defined? Barzilay-Yegar traces the shifting meanings of the phrase from its first coining in the Balfour Declaration of 1917,...
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Africa and Israel
£55.00
A Unique Case in Israeli Foreign Relations
Oded, Arye
This meticulously researched new book from author Arye Oded analyzes Israel's complex relationship with African countries from the time period of the 1950s to the present day. There are three broad phases. The first, from the 1950s-the 'honeymoon' period-began as African countries started...
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Britain's Hegemony in Palestine and the Middle East, 1917-56
£50.00
Changing Strategic Imperatives
Cohen, Michael
From the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the Suez Crisis of 1956, Britain's strategic interests in Palestine and in the Middle East underwent radical changes. A leading authority on the British Mandate in Palestine and the rise of the state of Israel, Professor Michael J. Cohen focuses...
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Generation Y
from £20.00
Generation Snowflake?
Professor Oz Almog and Dr Tamar AlmogGeneration Y (Millennials), born in the 1980s and 1990s, came of age during a period of unprecedented accelerated economic growth. These young secular women and men were shaped by a society that was fast becoming more self-critical and cynical, conflictual, entrepreneurial,...
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Islamic Radicalism and Political Violence
from £18.50
The Templars of Islam and Sheikh Ra'id Salah
Israeli, Raphael
The Islamic movement in Israel, headed by Sheikh Ra'id Salah, has turned into a templar-like organization which cultivates the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (the Temple) as its symbol and rallying point. Ra'id combines spiritual authority with political appeal, religious concerns with organizational...
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Israel's Relations with the East European States
£45.00
From Disruption (1967) to Resumption (1989-91)
Govrin, Yosef
In the years 1989-1991, Israel renewed its diplomatic relations with the USSR, Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Poland, and Czechoslovakia - relations which were severed subsequent to the Six Day War. Diplomatic relations with Albania were established for the first time. Talks with East Germany came...
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Jewish Labour Movement
£15.00
Taylor, Derek
The Jewish Labour Movement helped found the Labour Party, and has always been at the heart of the British Labour movement.
This book, published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of its affiliation to the Labour Party in 1920, tells the story of this remarkable organisation from... -
Jewish Organizations' Response to Communism and to Senator McCarthy
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Weingarten, Aviva
In February 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy launched an anti-communist that lasted for more than four years. His attempts to unmask communists in the American administration and governmental agencies gave rise to actions that infringed on democratic procedure and civil liberties. As the Cold War grew, fear of communism at...
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Jewish Parliamentarians
from £16.95
Janner, Lord Greville; Taylor, Derek
July 2008 marks the 150th anniversary of the passing of the Oath Act which enabled Jews to become members of parliament without taking the Oath of Allegiance on the true faith of a Christian. Lionel de Rothschild was the first to be allowed to swear on...
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Jews and Europe in the Twenty-First Century
from £19.50
Thinking Jewish
Cesarani, David; Lambert, Nick
Edited by: Cesarani, David
Jews and Europe in the Twenty-First Century is a collection of interviews with more than ninety prominent Jewish intellectuals, politicians, writers and scientists from across Western Europe. Nick Lambert?s penetrating interviews and analyses reveal their thoughts, fears and hopes for the future. Deep...
