Theodor Herzl: From Assimilation to Zionism

"An original and brilliant thesis, exposing a long misunderstood
figure. A great book." -- Bernard Avishai

"Excellent...
a highly revealing portrait that demolishes Herzl-the-icon." -- Michael
Marrus

"Other biographers... have illuminated aspects of
[Herzl's] life, but none has been able to produce the kind of intellectual biography
that we have here. Jacques Kornberg has done an admirable job of plumbing the depths
of Herzl's mind to try to come to an understanding of just why he became a Zi...