The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977
| Author | Gershom Gorenberg |
| Publication information | Macmillan, 2007, 454 pages |
Narrative
In The Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977, Gershom Gorenberg , drawing on archives and extensive interviews, examined the birth of the settler movement in the ten years following the Six-Day War and found that it was as much the child of Labor Party socialism as of religious extremism.
Dayan, Meir, Eshkol, and Allon, all played major roles, as well as contemporary figures like Sharon, Rabin, and Peres.
Gershom Gorenberg showed how three American presidents turned a blind eye to what was happening in the territories, and reveals their strategic reasons for doing so.