The Road to the ?Upheaval?: A Capsule History of the Herut Movement, 1948-1977

Abstract

I) The formative and high hopes phase (1948-1949): from the establishment of the movement to the Constituent Assembly elections. 2) The slowdown and stoppage phase (1949-1952): from the Constituent Assembly elections to the debate about direct-reparations negotiations with Germany. 3) The ascendancy phase (1952-1955): from the debate over the reparations negotiations to the Third Knesset elections (June 1955). 4) The stagnation phase (1955-1961): from the Third Knesset elections through the Fourth Knesset elections (November 1959) to the Fifth Knesset elections, held in the midst of the Lavon Affair (August 1961).