The Stern Gang : Ideology, Politics and Terror, 1940-1949

Name: The Stern Gang:Ideology, Politics and Terror, 1940-1949
ISBN: 9780203043868

doi:10.4324/9780203043868

ABSTRACT

This study of "The Stern Gang" attempts to demythologize the image of this extremist, Zionist underground group. The book analyzes the party's split from the Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization) and its attempts to synthesize the politics and ideals of the right and left.

The Stern Gang

ABSTRACT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |8 pages

Introduction: The Revisionist Background

part |2 pages

PART ONE: REVISIONISM IN THE 1930s

chapter 1|19 pages

The Revisionist Movement: A Revolutionary Liberation Movement?

chapter 2|27 pages

Revisionism between Political Struggle and Fighting Underground, 1936-39

part |2 pages

PART TWO: THE STERN PERIOD

chapter 3|18 pages

The Split in the IZL against the Background of the Outbreak of War

chapter 4|32 pages

'The IZL in Israel': Political Movement or Revolutionary Underground?

part |2 pages

PART THREE: THE REAPPEARANCE OF LEHI

chapter 5|27 pages

The Rise of Lehi: An Ideological Reformulation?

chapter 6|27 pages

Lehi Goes to War: The Assassination of Lord Moyne

part |2 pages

PART FOUR: FROM LEGITIMACY TO DISBANDMENT, 1945-47

chapter 7|17 pages

From the United Hebrew Resistance Movement to the Fundamentals of Hebrew Foreign Policy

chapter 8|25 pages

Towards the United Nations

part |2 pages

PART FIVE: LEHI IN DECLINE, 1947-49

chapter 9|22 pages

Towards Jewish–Arab War

chapter 10|22 pages

The Invasion of the Arab States

chapter 11|17 pages

The Murder of Count Bernadotte

chapter 12|29 pages

Between the Trial and the Split