About the Author

S. Ilan Troen is the Sam and Anna Lopin Professor of Modern History at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Senior Fellow, Ben-Gurion Research Center. He is coeditor of Divergent Jewish Cultures: Israel and America, published by Yale University Press.

Reviews

"Among all the books on the subject of Zionist economic/ security ideology, this is one of the finest I have ever read. Its research is vast, its approach is fresh and original, its conclusions are sound." Howard M. Sachar, author of A History of Israel