Economist Alam expertly details Zionism's origins through its effectiveness in current politics. He shows that the 19th-century founders of Zionism not only were aware of the Palestinians, they desired to intentionally establish an exclusionary colonialism in which no non-Jew could cohabit. Alam charts the movements creation of homeless nationalism that promoted the cause of a future state, through to the "Jewish-Gentile partnership" intentionally formed to exacerbate the negative perception the West has of Islam. This powerful work builds on Shlomo Sand's The Invention of the Jewish People (also available from the AET Book Club).