Ideals of statehood -- Towards Zion -- Beyond the Balfour Declaration, 1918-1929 -- Threats and dangers, 1929-1937 -- Hopes ... and blows, 1937-1939 -- The Second World War, 1939-1945 -- The British Mandate continues, 1945-1946 -- Year of decision, 1947 -- Undeclared war, November 1947-April 1948 -- The conflict intensifies, April-May 1948 -- The War of Independence, May 1948 to the first truce -- From the first truce to the second truce -- From the second truce to the armistice agreements -- The last four months of the war -- The ingathering of the exiles -- Conflicts and achievements, 1952-1955 -- Paths to war, December 1955-October 1956 -- The Sinai campaign -- A State in being, 1956-1963 -- Years of growth, 1963-1966 -- Nasser's challenge -- The Six Day War -- The dilemmas of victory -- The October War, Yom Kippur 1973 -- The fourth postwar era -- To the Lebanese war and beyond -- Intifada -- Towards Madrid and Oslo -- The peace process -- 'Shalom, haver' - Peace, my friend -- Conflict and conciliation -- 'Permit me to be a dreamer'.