Chaim Weizmann by Jehuda Reinharz
This is the second volume of Reinharz's definitive three-volume biography of Weizmann. It focuses on Weizmann's rise to prominence and his work as a statesman and leader of the Zionist movement from the outbreak of World War I to 1922. It was in these years that Weizmann played a major role in winning from the British the Balfour declaration (1917) - which favoured the establishment of a Jewish national home in Palestine - and lobbied internationally to gain support for the Zionist cause. Reinharz's biography of Weizmann is in many ways a history of the Jews in this period. The author places Weizmann's leadership and his political achievements in the context of Great Power politics, the tensions between Zionists and Jewish anti-Zionists, the attitude of the Zionist movement towards Arabs, and the impact of Zionism on the collective identity of European Jewish communities.
JEHUDA REINHARZ is Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History and director of the Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry at Brandeis University. He is the president of the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Foundation. YAACOV SHAVIT is professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195072150 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195072154 |
| Title | Chaim Weizmann |
| Author | Jehuda Reinharz |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1993-04-08 |
| Number of pages | 536 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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