War, Jews, and the New Europe: The Diplomacy of Lucien Wolf, 1914-1919 - Brossura

Levene, Mark

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1906764018 ISBN 13: 9781906764012

Casa editrice: Littman Library of Jewish, 2009

Riassunto

An analysis of how World War I affected the position of the Jews in the warring countries and their political self-perceptions. More precisely, it reviews the contest between Zionists and assimilationists in the broader framework of war, peace, and international diplomacy. He does so by considering the diplomatic endeavours of Lucien Wolf, who was an exponent of the Balfour Declaration and a co-architect of the Minorities Treaties that provided an internationally endorsed framework for Jewish existence in the Jew Europe after World War I. His analysis is of relevance to the contemporary discussion of Zionism as well as the to the problems of ethnic and religious minorities in Nation States. This book should interest scholars, students (undergraduate and graduate), and the general reader interested in Jewish and modern Europen history and politics, and the problems of ethnic and religious minorities in nation-states.

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Recensione:

'Substantially documented, suggestive.' --Eugene C. Black, Times Literary Supplement

'Illuminates a critical episode in an unconventional discipline, pre-1948 Jewish diplomatic history. Herein lies the great strength of the book: Levene does not treat his subject like a normative segment of diplomatic history; he is sensitive to the facts that there was no army or government backing up Wolf, and that any impact he might possibly have made must be seen as extraordinary ... Levene achieves an impressive critical distance from his subject, and this will possibly place his work among the more authoritative interpretations in the long run ... superb study ... Levene's research and judgments are meticulous without being pedantic ... an immensely valuable book, which will be of interest to scholars in Anglo-Jewish history, east European Jewish history and politics, Zionist history, diplomatic history, and those interested in the eternally grey zone between peoples, ethnic groups, and publicly recognized nations while the world is crashing down.' --Michael Berkowitz, AJS Review

'Impressive ... has implications well beyond the exploration of one man's diplomatic activity on behalf of British and British-Jewish interests ... Levene demonstrates brilliantly that Wolf was a pragmatist with formidable intellectual resilience ... richly detailed, but most readable work.' --David Cesarani, Jewish Chronicle

L'autore:

Mark Levene is Reader in Comparative History at the University of Southampton and a member of the Parkes Institute for Jewish/non-Jewish Relations. Much of his current work relates to his multi-volume project, Genocide in the Age of the Nation-State, volumes 1 and 2 of which appeared in 2005. He is also concerned with wider environmental issues, most particularly anthropogenic climate change, and is co-founder (with David Cromwell) of Crisis Forum (the Forum for the Study of Crisis in the 21st Century) as well as founder of Rescue!History.

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• Editore: Littman Library of Jewish
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1906764018
• ISBN 13: 9781906764012
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 346