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The definitive biography of Israel's founder by one of Israel's most celebrated historians. As the founder of Israel, David Ben-Gurion long ago secured his reputation as a leading figure of the twentieth century. Determined from an early...

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A landmark book, "One Palestine, Complete" explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain promised both Jews and Arabs that they would inherit the land, a...

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"A marvelous achievement . . . Anyone curious about the extraordinary six days of Arab-Israeli war will learn much from it."- The Economist Tom Segev's acclaimed One Palestine, Complete and The Seventh Million overturned accepted views o...

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Great Britain ruled Palestine from 1917 to 1948. The British presence replaced 500 years of Turkish control and led to the State of Israel, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998. The British brought Palestine into the twentieth century. Wh...

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1967 did not mark the beginning of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but it was a year that changed the course of history. When Egypt's President Nasser closed the straits of Tiran to Israeli navigation, it triggered a conflict between Israel...

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"The Seventh Million" is the first book to show the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology, and politics of Israel. Drawing on diaries, interviews, and thousands of declassified documents, Segev reconsiders the major ...

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This monumental work of history, The Seventh Million, shows the decisive impact of the Holocaust on the identity, ideology and politics of Israel. With unflinching honesty, Tom Segev examines the most sensitive and heretofore closed chapters of hi...

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"e;A marvelous achievement . . . Anyone curious about the extraordinary six days of Arab-Israeli war will learn much from it."e;-The EconomistTom Segev's acclaimed works One Palestine, Complete and The Seventh Million overturned accepted v...

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As the Middle East conflict enters its most violent phase, Tom Segev offers a lively, contentious polemic against cherished and rigid notions of Israel's national unity and culture. In his many works of history, Tom Segev has challenged the entren...

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2019 National Jewish Book Award Finalist"e;[A] fascinating biography . . . a masterly portrait of a titanic yet unfulfilled man . . . this is a gripping study of power, and the loneliness of power."e; -The Economist As the founder of Israe...

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A panoramic and provocative history of life in Palestine during the three strife-torn but romantic decades when Britain ruled and the seeds of today's conflicts were sownTom Segev's acclaimed works, 1949 and The Seventh Million, overturned accepte...

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Renowned historian Tom Segev strips away national myths to present a critical and clear-eyed chronicle of the year immediately following Israel's foundation. "Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflict…th...

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Renowned historian Tom Segev strips away national myths to present a critical and clear-eyed chronicle of the year immediately following Israel's foundation.';Required reading for all who want to understand the Arab-Israeli conflictthe best analys...

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Eine meisterhafte Untersuchung des turbulenten Zeitraums vor der Gründung des Staates Israel im Jahr 1948: Lebendig, materialreich und mit analytisch spitzer Feder schildert Tom Segev, wie in den drei Jahrzehnten britischer Herrschaft in Palästina...

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Wie der Sechstagekrieg die Welt verändert hat Tom Segev schildert Ursachen, Verlauf und Auswirkungen des Sechstagekriegs, den Israel im Juni 1967 mit seinen arabischen Nachbarstaaten führte. Er zeichnet die Entscheidungsprozesse innerhalb der isra...

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Pioniere und Überlebende: Ein Porträt des jungen jüdischen Staates Die Staatsgründung Israels im Mai 1948 war eines der wichtigsten und folgenreichsten Ereignisse der letzten hundert Jahre. Wie kein Zweiter versteht es Tom Segev, ein Zeitgemälde d...

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Tom Segev über den Nazi-Jäger Simon Wiesenthal Vom Tag seiner Befreiung aus dem Konzentrationslager Mauthausen an machte Simon Wiesenthal (1908 - 2005) es sich zur Lebensaufgabe, NS-Verbrecher aufzuspüren und vor Gericht zu bringen. Sechs Jahre na...

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Die große Biographie des Staatsgründers David Ben Gurion Er ist eine der großen politischen Gestalten des 20. Jahrhunderts: David Grün, geboren 1886 im Russischen Reich, der sich seit seiner Ankunft in Palästina 1906 Ben Gurion nannte. Schon früh ...

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Ein außergewöhnliches Leben zwischen Israel und Deutschland Seine Eltern lernten sich am Bauhaus in Dessau kennen und flohen 1935 nach Palästina, in der verzweifelten Hoffnung, einst in die Heimat zurückzukehren. Tom Segev, 1945 in Jerusalem gebor...

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