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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452730103321

Autore

Golani Moṭti

Titolo

Palestine between politics and terror, 1945-1947 [[electronic resource] /] / Motti Golani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Mass., : Brandeis University Press, c2013

ISBN

1-299-38488-9

1-61168-388-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (277 p.)

Collana

Schusterman series in Israel studies

Disciplina

956.9405

Soggetti

Jews - Palestine - Politics and government - 20th century

Mandates - Palestine

Terrorism - Palestine

Jewish-Arab relations - History - 1917-1948

Electronic books.

Palestine History 1929-1948

Palestine Politics and government 1917-1948

Great Britain Politics and government 1936-1945

Palestine History Partition, 1947

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. The only chance for Palestine is partition -- Chapter 2. Toward a clash with the Yishuv -- Chapter 3. Saving the Jews from themselves : Operation Agatha -- Chapter 4. A state first, immigration later -- Chapter 5. The King David Hotel crime -- Chapter 6. The High Commissioner's "conciliation policy" -- Chapter 7. Martial law.

Sommario/riassunto

A fascinating look at the end of British rule in Palestine, through the eyes of its final high commissioner