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Article: Israel: the First Hundred Years: Volume III: Israeli Politics and Society Since 1948: Problems of Collective Identity.(Review)(Brief Article)
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- The Middle East
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- May 1, 2002
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Edited by Efraim Karsh published by Frank Cass ISBN 0 714649619 price 42.50 [pounds sterling] hardback
This is the third volume in the four-volume series Israel: The First Hundred Years. Leading scholars of Israeli culture, politics and society have come together in this work to explore the extraordinary social, political and psychological challenges that have faced Israel since its birth in 1948. The contributors to this volume examine the major issues particular to the Jewish state -- the role of the army in a society on constant alert against war, the mass absorption of immigrants, the Holocaust, the relationship with the Palestinian population and the debate ...