Israel at 40 [antikvár]

IntroductionISRAEL AT 40 is the exciting story of the Jewish state, a modem democracy whose history has its roots in remote biblical times. It is the story of Zionism, the yearning to return to Zion which brought a people back from exile to their ancient homeland. It is the saga of the birth and building of a state after centuries of foreign rule.ISRAEL AT 40 vividly describes the country's geography and its society, its cities and its institutions, health and welfare services, education and culture, and its foreign relations. It explains how a denuded land has been made to flourish, how the Jewish people and the Zionist Movement created the conditions for founding a state, and how the population welcomed and absorbed twice its number of Holocaust survivors and refugees.ISRAEL AT 40 portrays the people ofIsrael in all their variety oforigin and describes how they live. It depicts their struggle for survival in the face of continuing hostility and warfare. It records their difficulties and accomplishments, their democratic way of life, their successes in closing the gap between "haves" and "have nots", and their relations with the other nations of the world.Lavishly illustrated, ISRAEL AT 40 is the dramatic account of a nation searching for peace, of the rebuilding of an ancient land, whose past continues to be unearthed and brought to life in the context of modern times.