'A richly documented, lucidly argued, and singularly original analysis of Zionism's near-fatal ambivalence among 'emancipated' Jewry in the last twilight decades before Adolf Hitler. Professor Berkowitz has produced a work of enduring scholarship.' Howard M. Sachar, Washington University

• Preface; Introduction; 1. Manly men and the attempted appropriation of the war experience; 2. A new pantheon: the portrayal of Zionist leaders in the West; 3. Dollars and the changing sense of Zionism; 4. Fundraising and catastrophe; 5. 'From swamp to settlement': rural and urban utopian visions; 6. Nationalized tourism in Palestine; 7. Idealism, realism, and sociability in Western Zionist youth organizations; 8. Cold embrace: the reception of Hasassah and organized European women Zionists; Conclusion.

'A richly documented, lucidly argued, and singularly original analysis of Zionism's near-fatal ambivalence among 'emancipated' Jewry in the last twilight decades before Adolf Hitler. Professor Berkowitz has produced a work of enduring scholarship.' Howard M. Sachar, Washington University

• Preface; Introduction; 1. Manly men and the attempted appropriation of the war experience; 2. A new pantheon: the portrayal of Zionist leaders in the West; 3. Dollars and the changing sense of Zionism; 4. Fundraising and catastrophe; 5. 'From swamp to settlement': rural and urban utopian visions; 6. Nationalized tourism in Palestine; 7. Idealism, realism, and sociability in Western Zionist youth organizations; 8. Cold embrace: the reception of Hasassah and organized European women Zionists; Conclusion.