The road to Jerusalem: Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews
This book examines the personal vision of General Sir John Glubb, British pro-Consul in the Middle East and commander of the Arab Legion between 1936-1956. It offers the first in-depth account of Glubb's thinking and actions during 1948, as he led his small army into Palestine and war against Israel. His aims and actions, which lie at the very heart of the controversy between "Old" and "New" historians of the Arab-Israeli conflict, are carefully detailed using, for the first time, contemporary …
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- Full title :The road to Jerusalem : Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews / Benny Morris.
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This book examines the personal vision of General Sir John Glubb, British pro-Consul in the Middle East and commander of the Arab Legion between 1936-1956. It offers the first in-depth account of Glubb's thinking and actions during 1948, as he led his small army into Palestine and war against Israel. His aims and actions, which lie at the very heart of the controversy between "Old" and "New" historians of the Arab-Israeli conflict, are carefully detailed using, for the first time, contemporary British, Arab Legion, and Israel Defense Forces intelligence sources.
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- Publication Date:2002.
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- Publisher(s):I.B. Tauris, In the United States of America distributed by Palgrave Macmillan
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2002.
The Physical Object
- Description:297 pages : : maps ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:1860648126, 9781860648120, 1860649890, 9781860649899
- oclc:ocm59478853
- LC Classification:DS119.7.G58
- Dewey Decimal:956.9404092
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