War, Jews and the New Europe: Diplomacy of Lucien Wolf, 1914-19

by Mark Levene

An analysis of how World War I affected the position of the Jews in the warring countries and their political self-perceptions. More precisely, it reviews the contest between Zionists and assimilationists in the broader framework of war, peace, and international diplomacy. He does so by
considering the diplomatic endeavours of Lucien Wolf, who was an exponent of the Balfour Declaration and a co-architect of the Minorities Treaties that provided an internationally endorsed framework for Jewish existence in the Jew Europe after World War I. His analysis is of relevance to the
contemporary discussion of Zionism as well as the to the problems of ethnic and religious minorities in Nation States. This book should interest scholars, students (undergraduate and graduate), and the general reader interested in Jewish and modern Europen history and politics, and the problems of
ethnic and religious minorities in nation-states.

364 pages, Hardcover

First published September 30, 1992

About the author

Mark Levene is Reader in Comparative History at the University of Southampton, and in the Parkes Centre for Jewish:non-Jewish relations. His works include War, Jews and the New Europe (1992), which was awarded the annual Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History, and The Massacre in History (1999) with Penny Roberts. He is also a peace and environmental activist, and co-founder of the Forum for the Study of Crisis in the 21st century.