Israeli Exceptionalism

This book discerns in the history of Zionism the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy.

ISBN	0230614841	Pages	272
ISBN13	9780230614840 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan	Weight (grammes)	416
Imprint	Palgrave Macmillan	Published in	Basingstoke
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	217
Publication date	10 Feb 2010	Width (mm)	145
Library of Congress	2009008817	Spine width (mm)	20
DEWEY	320.54095694	Academic level	Undergraduate, Postgraduate
DEWEY edition	DC22

I	Israeli Exceptionalism	1
1	Varieties of Exceptionalism	3
2	Sources of Exceptionalism	17
II	The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism	23
3	A Violent History	25
4	Zionism in Nuce	31
5	The Arabs Hate Us	39
6	A Secular Messianism	47
7	A People Without a Land	61
8	A Land Without a People	71
9	Jewish Factors in Zionist Success	81
10	A Surfeit of Mother Countries	95
11	British Interests and Zionism	103
12	Anti-Semitism and Zionism	117
13	Christian Zionism	129
14	A Summing Up	137
III	Growing a Special Relationship	145
15	Before the Special Relationship	147
16	From Liability to Asset	163
17	Provoking Arab Hostility	173
18	The June War: Aftermath	183
19	The Lobby Gains Clout	191
20	A Summing Up	213
	Notes	221
	Bibliography	251
	Index	265

"Alam writes with keen purpose and with an ethical point of view, one opposed to the injustices inscribed in Zionist logic, and one that is unfortunately still marginalized in North America."--"Foreign Policy Journal"

""Israeli Exceptionalism" is not only a must read, it is a must-think-about book. To add intellectual spice, every chapter starts with a few quotes of prominent individuals related to the topic at hand. Reading these quotes alone speak volumes of the human tragedy that Zionism evokes."--Sam Bahour, "Arab News"

""Israeli Exceptionalism" is nearly the best introduction to Zionism there is"--"Holy Land Studies"

"This is a critically important book. It enhances and expands on the groundbreaking message of Shlomo Sand's work. If Sand shows that Jews were not 'a people' until Zionism created them as such, Alam shows this also and goes well beyond to show how Zionism and its manufactured 'nation' went about dispossessing and replacing the Palestinians and winning all-impor

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