Plowshares Into Swords - From Zionism to Israel

In this authoritative text, Arno J. Mayer traces the thinkers, leaders and shifting geopolitical contexts that shaped the founding and onward development of the Israeli state. He recovers for posterity internal critics such as the philosopher Martin Buber who argued for peaceful coexistence with the Palestinian Arabs. 'A sense of limits is the better part of valour', Mayer insists. Plowshares into Swords explores Israeli's indefinite deferral of the 'Arab Question', the strategic thinking behind its settlement building and border walls, and the endurance of Palestinian resistance.

About the author

Arno Mayer (1926-2023) was Professor Emeritus of European History at Princeton University. His many books include The Persistence of the Old Regime: Europe to the Great War, The Furies: Violence and Terror in the French and Russian Revolutions, Plowshares into Swords: From Zionism to Israel and Why Did the Heavens Not Darken? The "Final Solution" in History.

Summary

An eminent historian's critical history of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Report

Sweeping and often illuminating Geoffrey Wheatcroft New Statesman

Product details

• Authors: Arno Mayer, Arno J. Mayer
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2021
• EAN: 9781788739672
• ISBN: 978-1-78873-967-2
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Israel, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, International Relations, Palestine