Helen Chapin Metz, ed. Israel: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1988.

History
ANCIENT ISRAEL
HELLENISM
PALESTINE
ORIGINS OF ZIONISM
Zionist Precursors
Political Zionism
Cultural Zionism
Labor Zionism
Revisionist Zionism
EVENTS IN PALESTINE, 1908-48
Arab Nationalism
World War I
The Arab Community During the Mandate
The Jewish Community under the Mandate
The Palestinian Revolt
World War II
The Holocaust
Prelude to Statehood
PROBLEMS OF THE NEW STATE, 1948-67
Etatism
Ingathering of the Exiles
Israeli Arabs, Arab Land, and Arab Refugees
The IDF
1967 AND AFTERWARD
The War of Attrition
The October 1973 War
The Decline of the Labor Party
Oriental Jews
THE BEGIN ERA
The Peace Process
The Occupied Territories
Israel in Lebanon

Geography
Topography
Climate

Society
POPULATION
SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Varieties of Israeli Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
Non-Orthodox Judaism
The Role of Judaism
Judaism, Civil Religion, and the New Zionism
Religious Institutions
The "Who Is a Jew?" Controversy
The Orthodox and Secular
Jewish Ethnic Groups
The Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Oriental
The Second Israel
Ethnicity and Social Class
Minority Groups
The Druzes
The Arab-Jewish Cleavage
Distinctive Social Institutions
The Histadrut
Kibbutz and Moshav
The Ulpan and Merkaz Klita
EDUCATION
Higher Education
Youth Movements and Organizations
HEALTH
WELFARE

The Economy
1948-72
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE
THE PUBLIC SECTOR
INDUSTRY
Electronics
Biotechnology
Diamonds
Chemicals, Rubber, and Plastics
Clothing and Textiles
Tourism
Energy
AGRICULTURE

Government and Politics
THE CONSTITUTION
The President
The Cabinet
The Civil Service
The Knesset
The State Comptroller
The Judicial System
Local Government
Civilian Administration in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
World Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency
Histadrut
POLITICAL FRAMEWORK
MULTIPARTY SYSTEM
Labor Party
Mapam
Citizens' Rights Movement (CRM)
Shinui
The Likud Bloc
Religious Parties
National Religious Party
Agudat Israel
Shas
Central Religious Camp
Gush Emunim
Arab Parties
Interest Groups
CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Middle Eastern States
United States
Soviet Union
Western Europe

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