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For at least twentyseven years, a history of israel was a standard text among mainline. The distinguished historian of the jewish people, howard m. You find out how israel came to be, how the plo was started. Howard sachar was a fulltime member of the george washington university history department for more than 40 years. A history of the jews, revised edition book by abram l. From the rise of zionism to our time revd by meyer levin m. The second edition of this volume covers topics such as the first of the aliyahs in the 1880s. With this comprehensive, insightful, and spirited opus, sachar modern history george washington univ a history of israel, 1976 and 1977, etc.