Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity

The personal and professional life of Bruno Kreisky, Austria's longest-serving chancellor, has been studied extensively. However, his ambiguous and complex relationship to his Jewishness, Israel, and Zionism, and how this influenced his politics and global aspirations, remains only partially researched. This book systematically and comprehensively analyzes these connections through interviews with Kreisky's contemporaries and archival material. Simultaneously, the book shows that Kreisky wa...