2015, ISBN: 9780679456209

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Stein and Day Press-, 1968. Hardcover/pub.1968/Gd. condition/313 pages- The Arab-Israeli war of 1967: prelude and aftermath. (H79701). Hard Cover. Good., Stein and Day Press-, 1968, 2.5, Chappaqua, NY: Rossel Books, 1983. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. xvii, [1], 206 pages. This appears to be signed by the author at the upper right corner of fep. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Some edge soiling. Includes Preface, Introduction, Chronology, Map, Chart, Abbreviations, Notes, Selected Bibliography; and Index. Chapters include Prelude; The History of the Bar Kokhba Rebellion; the Bar Kokhba Rebellion; Premodern Reactions: Repression and Passivity; The Bar Kokhba Syndrome, The Important of Political Realism; Realism in Judaism in Judaism and in Zionism; Past and Future; The Destiny and the Enterprise, and Epilogue. Yehoshafat Harkabi (born 1921, Haifa; died 1994, Jerusalem) was chief of Israeli military intelligence from 1955 until 1959 and afterwards a professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Harkabi had a command of Arabic, a knowledge of Arab civilization and history, and an understanding of Islam. He developed from an uncompromising hardliner to supporter of a Palestinian state who recognized the PLO as a negotiations partner. In his well-known work Israel's Fateful Hour, hei described himself as a "Machiavellian dove" intent on searching "for a policy by which Israel can get the best possible settlement"--a policy that would include a Zionism "of quality and not of acreage". Harkabi resigned as chief of Military Intelligence as a consequence of the 1959 Night of the Ducks. Following his military career, Harkabi was Maurice Hexter professor and director of the Leonard Davis Institute of International Relations and Middle East Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In the year 132, a well-planned rebellion broke out in Judea. The Jewish warrior Bar Kokhba emerged as its leader, and it has forever after been known by his name. Now, nearly two thousand years later, Dr. Yehoshafat Harkabi, former chief of Military Intelligence of the State of Israel, expert on Arab affairs, and Professor of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies of the Hebrew University, has written the first comprehensive military analysis of the Bar Kokhba Rebellion. The implications of this work go well beyond the Jewish sphere. The Bar Kokhba Rebellion is an instance of how political and military decisions are made by leaders who perceive their situation as desperate. It explore under what conditions and in what straits should leaders risk national suicide?" The Bar Kokhba Syndrome examines the uses of realism and the perils of unrealism. It questions present conceptions of reality and notions of risk-taking in the policy of the Israeli government--with regard to peace in the Middle East. The Bar Kokhba Rebellion must thus be seen as a nadir in Jewish history--a calamity of monumental proportions. In fact, this was the view held by Jewish thinkers through the ages. But with the emergence of modern Zionism, what was traditionally a negative symbol was transformed into a positive one, and the effects of this transformation on the Jewish consciousness are much more than symbolic. Simon ben Kosevah, or Cosibah, known to posterity as Bar Kokhba (died 135 CE), was a Jewish military leader who led the Bar Kokhba revolt against the Roman Empire in 132 CE. The revolt established a three-year-long independent Jewish state in which Bar Kokhba ruled as nasi ("prince"). Some of the rabbinic scholars in his time imagined him to be the long-expected Messiah. Bar Kokhba fell in the fortified town of Betar., Rossel Books, 1983, 2.5, New York: Random House, 2015. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xxvi, 276, [2] pages. Illustrations. Notes of Gratitude. Notes. Index. Signed by the author on the half-title page. Contents are: Prelude, Introduction: Road Signs, My Father's Footsteps; Talking Circles; Why I Don't Drive; One Big Campus; When the Political is Personal; Surrealism in Everyday Life, What Once Was Can be Again, and Afterword: Coming Home. New York Times Bestseller · Gloria Steinem, writer, activist, organizer, and inspiring leader, tells a story she has never told before, a candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change. One of O: The Oprah Magazine's ten favorite books of the year, Named one of the best books of the year by Harper's Bazaar · St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Publishers Weekly. Gloria Marie Steinem (born March 25, 1934) is an American feminist journalist and social political activist who became recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Steinem was a columnist for New York magazine, and a co-founder of Ms. magazine. In 1969, Steinem published an article, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation", which brought her to national fame as a feminist leader. In 1971, she co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus which provides training and support for women who seek elected and appointed offices in government. In 1971, she co-founded the Women's Action Alliance which provided support to a network of feminist activists and worked to advance feminist causes and legislation. In 2005, Steinem, Jane Fonda, and Robin Morgan co-founded the Women's Media Center. When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say: Because I travel. Taking to the road, by which I mean letting the road take you, changed who I thought I was. The road is messy in the way that real life is messy. It leads us out of denial and into reality, out of theory and into practice, out of caution and into action, out of statistics and into stories, in short, out of our heads and into our hearts. Gloria Steinem had an itinerant childhood. When she was a young girl, her father would pack the family in the car every fall and drive across country searching for adventure and trying to make a living. The seeds were planted: Gloria realized that growing up didn't have to mean settling down. And so began a lifetime of travel, of activism and leadership, of listening to people whose voices and ideas would inspire change and revolution. My Life on the Road is the moving, funny, and profound story of Gloria's growth and also the growth of a revolutionary movement for equality, and the story of how surprising encounters on the road shaped both. From her first experience of social activism among women in India to her work as a journalist in the 1960s; from the whirlwind of political campaigns to the founding of Ms. magazine; from the historic 1977 National Women's Conference to her travels through Indian Country, a lifetime spent on the road allowed Gloria to listen and connect deeply with people, to understand that context is everything, and to become part of a movement that would change the world. In prose that is revealing and rich, Gloria reminds us that living in an open, observant, and on the road state of mind can make a difference in how we learn, what we do, and how we understand each other., Random House, 2015, 3

2015, ISBN: 0679456201

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