How did a community of a few thousand Jewish refugees become, in
little over a century, a modern nation-state and homeland of half
the world's Jews? Has modern Israel fulfilled the Zionist vision of
becoming "a nation like other nations," or is it still, in Biblical
terns, "a people that dwells alone"? Alan Dowty distils over half a
century of study as an inside/outside analyst of Israel in tracing
this remarkable story. It begins in the waning days of the Ottoman
Empire, when Jews fleeing Russian persecution established a renewed
Jewish presence in their historic homeland. It continues through
harsh struggle and in deep-rooted conflict with another people that
sees Israel/Palestine equally as their homeland. Immensely
successful by most standards, Israel today remains a center of
contention and is still torn between its hard-earned role as a
"normal" nation and the call of its particularistic, and unique,
Jewish history.
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