HERSHEL EDELHEIT is director of Edelheit Research Institute for Contemporary History (ERICH), Brooklyn, New York.ABRAHAM J. EDELHEIT is Professor at Kingsborough Community College in New York and is a scholar in residence for the Jewish Association for Services to the Aged. Together, the Edelheits have edited seven reference books on the Holocaust and modern history, including A World in Turmoil (Greenwood Press, 1991) and The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (Greenwood Press, 1992).

• Preface Introduction: From Holocaust to Rebirth The War of Independence, 1948-1949 The Years of Consolidation, 1950-1954 The Years of Building, 1955-1959 The Years of Growth, 1960-1966 Six Days and Six Years, 1967-1972 The Unsettled Years, 1973-1976 The Begin Years, 1977-1982 From Lebanon to the Intifada, 1983-1987 The Years of Hope, 1988-1993 Glossary Bibliography Name Index Place Index Subject Index About the Book and Authors

HERSHEL EDELHEIT is director of Edelheit Research Institute for Contemporary History (ERICH), Brooklyn, New York.ABRAHAM J. EDELHEIT is Professor at Kingsborough Community College in New York and is a scholar in residence for the Jewish Association for Services to the Aged. Together, the Edelheits have edited seven reference books on the Holocaust and modern history, including A World in Turmoil (Greenwood Press, 1991) and The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (Greenwood Press, 1992).

• Preface Introduction: From Holocaust to Rebirth The War of Independence, 1948-1949 The Years of Consolidation, 1950-1954 The Years of Building, 1955-1959 The Years of Growth, 1960-1966 Six Days and Six Years, 1967-1972 The Unsettled Years, 1973-1976 The Begin Years, 1977-1982 From Lebanon to the Intifada, 1983-1987 The Years of Hope, 1988-1993 Glossary Bibliography Name Index Place Index Subject Index About the Book and Authors

HERSHEL EDELHEIT is director of Edelheit Research Institute for Contemporary History (ERICH), Brooklyn, New York.ABRAHAM J. EDELHEIT is Professor at Kingsborough Community College in New York and is a scholar in residence for the Jewish Association for Services to the Aged. Together, the Edelheits have edited seven reference books on the Holocaust and modern history, including A World in Turmoil (Greenwood Press, 1991) and The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (Greenwood Press, 1992).

• Preface Introduction: From Holocaust to Rebirth The War of Independence, 1948-1949 The Years of Consolidation, 1950-1954 The Years of Building, 1955-1959 The Years of Growth, 1960-1966 Six Days and Six Years, 1967-1972 The Unsettled Years, 1973-1976 The Begin Years, 1977-1982 From Lebanon to the Intifada, 1983-1987 The Years of Hope, 1988-1993 Glossary Bibliography Name Index Place Index Subject Index About the Book and Authors