Uses recently declassified French and British government documents to describe how the two countries secretly divided the Middle East during World War I and the effect these mandates had on local Arabs and Jews.
It was the middle of the first world war. Two men--one a visionary British politician (Mark Sykes), the other a veteran French diplomat (Francois Georges-Picot)--secretly drew a line in the sand from the Mediterranean to the Persian frontier. Territory north of this stark divide…
"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"--
The Routledge Handbook of the History of the Middle East Mandates provides an overview of the social, political, economic, and cultural histories of the Middle East in the decades between the end of the First World War and the late 1940s, when Britain and France abandoned their …
The Routledge Handbook of the History of the Middle East Mandates provides an overview of the social, political, economic, and cultural histories of the Middle East in the decades between the end of the First World War and the late 1940s, when Britain and France abandoned their …
The Routledge Handbook of the History of the Middle East Mandates provides an overview of the social, political, economic, and cultural histories of the Middle East in the decades between the end of the First World War and the late 1940s, when Britain and France abandoned their …
A chilling, fascinating, and nearly forgotten historical figure is resurrected in a riveting work that links the fascism of the last century with the terrorism of our own. Written with verve and extraordinary access to primary sources in several languages, Icon of Evil is the de…