In 1948, British troops withdrew from the Palestinian lands, ending over 30 years of the British Mandate of Palestine. Taking a fresh look at the years of the British mandate; its politics, economics, and culture, this volume will be valuable not only to scholars of the British …
This volume takes a fresh look at the years of the British mandate; its politics, economics, and culture. The contributors address themes such as religion, mandatory administration, economic development, policing and counter-insurgency, violence, art and culture, and decolonizat…
In 1948, British troops withdrew from the Palestinian lands, ending over 30 years of the British Mandate of Palestine. Taking a fresh look at the years of the British mandate; its politics, economics, and culture, this volume will be valuable not only to scholars of the British …
From the Balfour Declaration of 1917 to the Suez Crisis of 1956 Britain's strategic interests in Palestine and in the Middle East underwent radical changes. Professor Michael J. Cohen, a leading authority on the British Mandate in Palestine and the rise of the state of Israel, f…
[This book offers an] insightful history of Churchill's lifelong commitment - both public and private - to the Jews and Zionism, and of his outspoken opposition to anti-Semitism. Winston Churchill was a young man in 1894 when Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the Frenc…
This book examines an often-neglected aspect of the British leader's career: his relationship to Jews and Jewish issues. Drawing on a treasure trove of primary documents, Gilbert shows how Churchill grew beyond the kind of friendship with individual British Jews that his father …
What was the concept of 'a national home for the Jewish people', where did it come from and how was it defined? Dvorah Barzilay-Yegar traces the shifting meanings of the phrase from its first coining in the Balfour Declaration of 1917, to international recognition when it was in…
What was the concept of 'A National Home for the Jewish People,' where did it come from, and how was it defined? Barzilay-Yegar traces the shifting meanings of the phrase from its first coining in the Balfour Declaration of 1917, to international recognition when it was included…
"Examines the British government's role in Palestine after World War II when it was still under the British Mandate, looking at the considerable obstacles and events leading to the eventual establishment of the state of Israel"--.
The State of Play in the Summer of -- The Two Labour Leaders -- Anti-Semitism in British Society and Anti-Zionism within the British Establishment -- The American President Versus the British Prime Minister -- The Yishuv Declares War against Great Britain -- The Road Leading to …
"Examines the British government's role in Palestine after World War II when it was still under the British Mandate, looking at the considerable obstacles and events leading to the eventual establishment of the state of Israel"--
"Examines the British government's role in Palestine after World War II when it was still under the British Mandate, looking at the considerable obstacles and events leading to the eventual establishment of the state of Israel"--
