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HU Credits:
4
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
history
Semester:
Yearly
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Prof. Alon Kadish
Coordinator Office Hours:
Sunday 1530-1630
Teaching Staff:
Prof Alon Kadish
Course/Module description:
The development of the military capabilities of the Jewish community in Palestine from the beginning of the Zionist settlement to the !948 War of Independence
Course/Module aims:
1. Describe and analyze the stages of the development of the military capabilities of the Yeshuv.
2. Identify the various factors in analyzing military history.
3. Write a paper on a micro-subject using primary sources.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1.To Describe the course of the development of Jewish military capability in Mandatory Palestine.
2. To identify the various influences on the process.
3.To discuss the various stages and their characteristics.
4.To discern between local and general developments.
5. To analyze a micro-subject.
Attendance requirements(%):
90
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures.
A semesterial paper which may be used as a draft for the final paper.
Course/Module Content:
1.The reasons for periodization.
2.Hashomer and after.
3. The Jewish Battalions in the British Army.
4. The Third Aliya, the foundation of the Histadrut and of the Hagana.
5.Local defence committees.
6.The 1929 Troubles and their consequences.
7. The development of the Palestinian national movement.
8. The Arab Revolt, the British government and the Yeshuv.
9. The Jewish Settlements Police. The Special Night Squads.
10. The Hagana during the revolt and after.
11. Training and planning in the Hagana.
12. New settelements during the Revolt and after.
13. The Second World War and British preparations for war in the Middle East.
14. The Palmach.
15. The Jewish Brigade in the British Army.
16. Making and purchasing arms.
17. Intelligence, political, military and local.
18. Military thought in the Hagana.
Required Reading:
Nicholas Bethell, The Palestine Triangle The struggle between the British, the Jews and the Arabs 1935-48, London: Andre Deutsch, 1979.
Chrystopher Sykes, Cross Roads to Israel Palestine from Balfour to Bevin, The New English Library Mentor edition, 1965.
Additional Reading Material:
Bruce Hoffman, Anonymous Soldiers The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947, New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 2015.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 10 %
Project work 90 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
n/a
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