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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790984303321

Autore

Sharfman Dafnah

Titolo

Palestine in the Second World War : strategic plans and political dilemmas, the emergence of a new Middle East / / Daphna Sharfman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brighton ; ; Chicago : , : Sussex Academic Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-78284-078-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

956.94/04

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Palestine

Zionism - Palestine - History - 20th century

Arab nationalism - Palestine - History - 20th century

Palestine History 1929-1948

Palestine Strategic aspects

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

part I. The military campaigns of 1939-1942 -- part II. British-Jewish tension, 1943-1945.

Sommario/riassunto

While the conflicts and national aspirations in British mandatory Palestine in particular and the Middle East in general were evident before the outbreak of the Second World War, the war itself accelerated and enhanced national expectations and presented continuing tactical and strategic dilemmas to British, Arab, and Jewish leaders. British strategic policy during the war failed to provide answers to the political issues of the growing national demands in Palestine, and led to severe distrust of British policy among Arabs and Jews, as the two c