Global Politics

Essays in Honour of David Vital
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7146-8181-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 605 g

Reihe: Israeli History, Politics and Society

The essays in this volume discuss and assess the philosophies and writings of Professor David Vital. They aim to develop his work within modern diplomacy, issues relating to modern Jewish history, and within the State of Israel and its conduct of foreign relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ben-Zvi, Abraham

Klieman, Aharon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Modern diplomacy and international relations: the traditional and the transitional in statecraft, David Kimche; diplomacy in the age of global communication, Eytan Gilboa; studying international norms, Arie M. Kacowicz; imperialism - predatory or preemptive?, Efraim Karsh; new patterns of military intervention, Gil Merom; proximate policy-makers, Aharon Klieman. Part 2 Israeli foreign relations: the Palestinian issue - changing Israeli perspectives, Itamar Rabinovich; Israeli intervention in intra-Arab affairs, Zeev Maoz; Oom-shmoom revisited - Israeli attitudes towards the UN and the great powers, 1948-1960, Neil Caplan; paving the road to war - Israeli dilpomacy and the 1967 crisis, David Tal; dynamics of the US-Israel special relationship, Abraham Ben-Zvi; contending narratives - the Israeli peace movement's role in the Oslo process, Tamar Hermann. Part 3 Zionism and modern Jewish history: Ahad Ha'am and the Jewish Volkgeist, Eyal Chowers; first encounters - East European Jewry discovers pre-Balfour England, Yaacov Shavit; Jewish political culture and Zionist foreign policy, Alan Dowty; whose Israel? Jewish-Americans and the transnational battle for Jewish identity, Yossi Shain; weaving the future of Israel.

Über Autor(innen)

Abraham Ben-Zvi, Aharon Klieman