Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline of Historical Events -- Prologue -- A Survey of Zion's Earlier History -- The Old Yishuv, 1833-1880 -- The New Yishuv and ZionismÌs First Two Aliyoth, 1881- 1914 -- The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Aliyoth, 1919- 1939 -- The Holocaust and the Struggle for Survival, 1939- 1948 -- Birth of the State of Israel, 1947- 1949 -- Years of Growth, 1949- 1966 -- The Six-Day War and Heady Self-Confidence, 1967- 1973 -- The Yom Kippur War and Reappraisal, 1973- 1977 -- The Likud Revolution, 1977- 1983 -- The Uncertain Direction, 1983- 1992 -- Meretz Holds the Helm -- The Peace Process, 1992- 1996 -- Epilogue -- Notable People in the History of Israel -- Selected Annotated Bibliography -- Index.