ARNOLD BLUMBERG is Professor of History at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. He was honored by the University in 1995 as its Distinguished Scholar. Blumberg is the editor of Great Leaders, Great Tyrants? Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History (Greenwood, 1995), and other books and articles on diplomatic history.

• Series Foreword Preface Timeline of Historical Events Prologue A Survey of Zion's Earlier History The Old Yishuv, 1833-1880 The New Yishuv and Zionism's First Two Aliyoth, 1881-1914 The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Aliyoth, 1919-1939 The Holocaust and the Struggle for Survival, 1939-1948 Birth of the State of Israel, 1947-1949 Years of Growth, 1949-1966 The Six Days' War and Heady Self-Confidence, 1967-1973 The Yom Kippur War and Reappraisal, 1973-1977 The Likud Revolution, 1977-1983 The Uncertain Direction, 1983-1992 Meretz Holds the Helm; The Peace Process, 1992-1996 Epilogue Notable People in the History of Israel Selected Annotated Bibliography Index

ARNOLD BLUMBERG is Professor of History at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. He was honored by the University in 1995 as its Distinguished Scholar. Blumberg is the editor of Great Leaders, Great Tyrants? Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History (Greenwood, 1995), and other books and articles on diplomatic history.

• Series Foreword Preface Timeline of Historical Events Prologue A Survey of Zion's Earlier History The Old Yishuv, 1833-1880 The New Yishuv and Zionism's First Two Aliyoth, 1881-1914 The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Aliyoth, 1919-1939 The Holocaust and the Struggle for Survival, 1939-1948 Birth of the State of Israel, 1947-1949 Years of Growth, 1949-1966 The Six Days' War and Heady Self-Confidence, 1967-1973 The Yom Kippur War and Reappraisal, 1973-1977 The Likud Revolution, 1977-1983 The Uncertain Direction, 1983-1992 Meretz Holds the Helm; The Peace Process, 1992-1996 Epilogue Notable People in the History of Israel Selected Annotated Bibliography Index

ARNOLD BLUMBERG is Professor of History at Towson University in Towson, Maryland. He was honored by the University in 1995 as its Distinguished Scholar. Blumberg is the editor of Great Leaders, Great Tyrants? Contemporary Views of World Rulers Who Made History (Greenwood, 1995), and other books and articles on diplomatic history.

• Series Foreword Preface Timeline of Historical Events Prologue A Survey of Zion's Earlier History The Old Yishuv, 1833-1880 The New Yishuv and Zionism's First Two Aliyoth, 1881-1914 The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Aliyoth, 1919-1939 The Holocaust and the Struggle for Survival, 1939-1948 Birth of the State of Israel, 1947-1949 Years of Growth, 1949-1966 The Six Days' War and Heady Self-Confidence, 1967-1973 The Yom Kippur War and Reappraisal, 1973-1977 The Likud Revolution, 1977-1983 The Uncertain Direction, 1983-1992 Meretz Holds the Helm; The Peace Process, 1992-1996 Epilogue Notable People in the History of Israel Selected Annotated Bibliography Index