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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789759803321

Autore

Fraser T. G

Titolo

Chaim Weizmann [[electronic resource] ] : the Zionist dream / / T.G. Fraser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Haus, 2009

ISBN

1-283-26459-5

9786613264596

1-907822-34-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Haus histories

Makers of the modern world : the peace conferences of 1919-23 and their aftermath

Disciplina

956.9405

Soggetti

Jewish-Arab relations - History - 1917-1948

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

Acknowledgements; Preface; Part 1; From the Pale of Settlement to thePursuit of Zion; Palestine under the Ottomans; War and the Balfour Declaration; Part 2; The Paris Peace Conference; Part 3; San Remo, the National Home andArab resistance; Weizmann: the prisoner of Zion?; Notes; Chronology; Further Reading; Bibliography; Picture Sources; Index; Info

Sommario/riassunto

Ninety years on, what Chaim Weizmann achieved in Paris is of crucial importance to the shape of the modern Middle East.