On May 14, 1948 the State of Israel was declared, announced by
David Ben-Gurion at a small gathering that assembled in the main
hall of the Tel Aviv Art Museum. Within a time frame of only
nineteen years, culminating in the Six-Day War, Israel fought three
separate wars. But within its first four years, thanks to mass
immigration, its population doubled. Furthermore, Israel had been
confronted with acute economic difficulties, intra Jewish ethnic
tensions, a problematic Arab minority and a secular-religious
divide. Apart from defence issues, Israel faced a generally hostile
or, at best, indifferent international community rendering it hard
pressed in securing great power patronage or even official sympathy
and understanding. Based on a wide range of sources, both in Hebrew
and English, this book contains a judicious synthesis of the
received literature to yield the general reader and student alike a
reliable, balanced, and novel account of Israel?s fateful and
turbulent infancy.
Table of Content
Preface.
Introduction.
Chapter One: The War of Independence.
Chapter Two: Arab Refugees.
Chapter Three: The Ingathering of the Exiles.
Chapter Four: Early Social, Political and Economic
Developments.
Chapter Five: The Scourge of Arab Infiltration.
Chapter Six: Operation Kadesh: The Sinai Campaign.
Chapter Seven: Interlude Between Wars.
Chapter Eight: The Lead Up To The Six Day War.
Chapter Nine: The Six Day War and Its Aftermath.
Glossary.
Appendix.
Bibliography.
Index
About the author
Leslie Stein is Senior Research Fellow at Macquairie University.
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