Research Catalog

Title

Germany, Turkey, Zionism, 1897-1918 / Isaiah Friedman ; with a new introduction by the author.

Author

Friedman, Isaiah

Publication

New Brunswick, U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, c1998.

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Details

Description

xx, 461 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

For the most part, studies on Zionism as an international movement have centered on Great Britain. Professor Friedman has focused on a new point of view. Using unpublished official German and Zionist records and contemporary diaries, memoirs, and other private sources, he proves conclusively that in spite of the opposition of her Turkish ally, the German government emerged as the foremost protector of the Zionist cause during World War I. Germany was the first European power to view Zionist aspirations with favor. Friedman argues that had it not been for her persistent intervention with the Turkish government, the Jewish community in Palestine would not have survived. Apart from propaganda value, Germany discovered in Zionism an instrument for solving the Jewish problem in Eastern Europe after the war and a means for strengthening its own influence in the Middle East. Moreover, by maintaining good relations with German officials and the press, the German Zionists inadvertently created an atmosphere of competition among the European Powers, and thus indirectly accelerated the publication of Balfour's Declaration.

Subject

• 1799-1999
• Zionism > Germany
• Zionism > Government policy > Germany
• Jews > Palestine > History > 20th century
• Germany > Foreign relations > Turkey
• Turkey > Foreign relations > Germany
• Palestine > History > 1799-1917

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Originally published: Oxford [Eng.] : Clarendon Press, 1977.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-451) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Pt. I. The Background, 1517-1897 -- 1. The Birth of Zionism in Germany -- 2. The Jews in Palestine under Ottoman Rule, 1517-1856 -- 3. The System of Capitulations and its Effects on Turco-Jewish Relations in Palestine, 1856-97 -- Pt. II. Before the War, 1897-1914 -- 4. The First Encounter with Zionism -- 5. The Fiasco -- 6. Negotiations with the Porte -- 7. In Search of International Support -- 8. In the Political Wilderness -- 9. Peaceful Penetration -- 10. The Sprachenkampf -- Pt. III. During the War, 1914-18 -- 11. Germany Protects the Zionists in Palestine -- 12. Formulation of Policy -- 13. The Political Climate in Berlin and Constantinople -- 14. The Zionists' Desideratum and its Frustration -- 15. The Renewed Effort Fails -- 16. The Evacuation from Jaffa and its Repercussions -- 17. The Volte-Face -- 18. Abortive Negotiations.

ISBN

0765804077 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97023824^//r97

OCLC

• 37226838
• SCSB-12794783

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library