1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454307503321

Autore

Safty Adel

Titolo

Might over right [[electronic resource] ] : how the Zionists took over Palestine / / Adel Safty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reading, UK, : Garnet Publishing, c2009

ISBN

1-85964-352-3

1-281-98856-1

9786611988562

1-85964-261-6

1-4416-0029-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

938.109235

Soggetti

Arab-Israeli conflict

Palestinian Arabs - History

Zionists - Israel - History

Zionists - Palestine - History

Zionism - Israel - History

Zionism - Palestine - History

Jews - Palestine - History

Jewish-Arab relations - History

Electronic books.

Palestine Politics and government

Israel Politics and government

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

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Formation of the Zionist Plan, 1864-1917; 2 The Balfour Declaration and the Paris Peace Conference, 1917-1919; 3 Lead up to the British Mandate, 1919-1921; 4 The Zionists Strengthen Their Position, 1921; 5 Zionism and the Nazis; 6 Clashes and Enquiries, 1921-31; 7 Arab Resistance and the Peel Commission Report, 1936-1937; 8 The Slide to War and the Strengthening of Zionist Power, 1937-1939; 9 The Balance of Power in Palestine Shifts, 1939-1945; 10 The Decline of the British Empire and



the Rise of American Hegemony

11 The Turning Point: Truman Endorses Partition, 194712 The Use of Force and Displacement of the Arabs from Palestine; 13 Unsuccessful Arab Intervention, the Failure of the UN and Zionist Expansionism; 14 Palestine Conquered and Transformed: Myths and Realities; 15 The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1956-2000; 16 The Arab-Israeli Conflict from 2001; Epilogue; Index

Sommario/riassunto

""Might Over Right"" provides a critical account of one of the most remarkable stories in the twenty century''s history of international relations - the history of how in the relatively short time of 30 years, Zionist leaders, managed, with the help of Western supporters but mainly the British, to wrestle a country away from its inhabitants, and in the process to profoundly affect the course of international relations and fundamentally transform the history of the Middle East. Extensively documented, relying mostly on Zionist, British, and Israeli sources, and sweeping in scope, the book makes