The Bar Kokhba Syndrome: Risk and Realism in International Relations by Harkabi, Yehoshafat

Rossel Books, 1983. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:0940646013

Chappaqua, NY: Rossel Books, 1983. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Good/Good. xvii, [1], 206 pages. This appears to be signed by the author at the upper right corner of fep. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Some edge soiling. Includes Preface, Introduction, Chronology, Map, Chart, Abbreviations, Notes, Selected Bibliography; and Index. Chapters include Prelude; The History of the Bar Kokhba Rebellion; the Bar Kokhba Rebellion; Premodern Reactions: Repression and Passivity; The Bar Kokhba Syndrome, The Important of Political Realism; Realism in Judaism in Judaism and in Zionism; Past and Future; The Destiny and the Enterprise, and Epilogue. Yehoshafat Harkabi (born 1921, Haifa; died 1994, Jerusalem) was chief of Israeli military intelligence from 1955 until 1959 and afterwards a professor of International Relations and Middle East Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Harkabi had a command of Arabic, a knowledge of Arab civilization and history, and an… Read More