GIDEON SHIMONI holds the Shlomo Argov Chair in Israel-Diaspora Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he is Associate Professor in the Department of Contemporary Jewry. His books in English and Hebrew on Zionism include Jews and Zionism: The South African Experience, 1910-1967 (1980).
"""An outstanding study . . . Comprehensive in the breadth and depth of its analysis and exemplary in its methodology, this book takes its place with other seminal studies of Zionism.""-- ""Library Journal"" ""Offers the most complete and detailed study to date of the history of Zionist ideology, from its roots through the establishment of the state of Israel . . . Indispensable for students of Zionism and modern Jewish identity and of great interest as well to anyone interested in the emergence of the European nationalisms of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.""-- ""Choice"" ""Shimoni writes about Zionist ideology like no one else before him . . . Not only does he succeed in conveying the main points and putting them in proper analytical context, but amazingly enough, it all sounds quite fascinating.""-- ""Ha'aretz"" ""This intelligent book places the development of Zionist ideology in a sensible comparative framework, highlighting its distinctive features without making it seem unlike all other forms of nationalism . . . Once Zionism took hold, it developed along several different paths, each expertly described in this carefully researched and well-written book.""-- ""Foreign Affairs"""