The Dark Side of Zionism

The Quest for Security through Dominance

Baylis Thomas (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

284 Seiten

2009
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-2690-5 (ISBN)

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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 history, as was the later U.S. support of Israel, right or wrong. Thomas explores the larger context of this history in chapters on colonization, hegemony, weapons diplomacy, terrorism, nationalism, religion, Zionism, and prospects for resolution of the conflict. While students and scholars of Middle Eastern studies and international relations will find this book valuable, it is intended for the intelligent general reader who is curious about current events yet puzzled about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Israel's national identity, founded on the memory of being victims of the Holocaust, focuses on current events that seem consistent with the past, even as the nation uses force to thwart Palestinian national aspirations. The Dark Side of Zionism argues that peace for both Israelis and Palestinians can only come if Israel relinquishes military rule.

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.

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 Part I. The colonization of Palestine (1880-1948) Chapter 3 Chapter 1. Concepts of colonization Chapter 4 Chapter 2. History of colonization and Palestinian dispossession (1880-1948) Part 5 Part II. Domination of Arab states (1949-1974) Chapter 6 Chapter 3. Hegemony in the Middle East Chapter 7 Chapter 4. History of the Arab-Israeli wars (1949-1974) Part 8 Part III. Search for global influence Chapter 9 Chapter 5. Weapons diplomacy, the political use of arms Chapter 10 Chapter 6. History of Israel's global weapons sales Part 11 Part IV. Colonization after 1967: Greater Israel and the illusory peace process Chapter 12 Chapter 7. Begin, Peres, Shamir and the Madrid Conference Chapter 13 Chapter 8. Rabin and the Oslo Accords Chapter 14 Chapter 9. Peres and Netanyahu and Wye River Chapter 15 Chapter 10. Barak and Arafat at Camp David Chapter 16 Chapter 11. Ariel Sharon: Force over peace Chapter 17 Chapter 12. Olmert and the 2006 Lebanon war Part 18 Part V. Prospects Chapter 19 Chapter 13. One-state, two-state, or continued apartheid? Part 20 Part VI. Other considerations Chapter 21 Chapter 14. Terrorism Chapter 22 Chapter 15. The paradox of nationalism Chapter 23 Chapter 16. Religion and possession in ancient Palestine

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.3.2009
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 229 mm
Gewicht	558 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7391-2690-3 / 0739126903
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-2690-5 / 9780739126905
Zustand	Neuware