Includes bibliographical references (pages 421-426) and index
Introduction -- Zionism and security -- The Hebrew republic -- New immigrants and first elections -- The politics of piety -- Retaliation or self-restraint -- The rise of the right -- The road to Beirut -- Dissent at home and abroad -- An insurrection before a handshake -- The end of ideology? -- The killing of a prime minister -- The magician and the bulldozer -- 'He does not stop at the red light' -- An unlikely grandfather -- A brotherly conflict -- Bialik's bequest? -- Stagnation and isolationism -- An Arab spring and an Israeli winter?