Politics of Partition - King Abdullah, the Zionists, and Palestine 1921-1951

Zusatztext offers a penetrating analysis of the Zionist/Israeli-Abdullah relationship! full of relevatons derived from Shlaim's extensive archival research and interviews with surviving political and miliatry fitures of the period ... lively recounting of secret correspondence and clandestine meetings ... Shlaim brings to life the day-to-day history of the pivotal period of Israel's birth Klappentext In this reissue of the abridged paperback edition of his critically acclaimed Collusion Across the Jordan! Professor Shlaim chronicles King Abdullah's relationship with the Zionist movement from his appointment as Emir of Transjordan in 1921 to his assassination in 1951. With a new Introduction! placing the book in the wider context of the on-going debate about 1948! this masterly and authoritative study is essential reading for all those interested in the politics of the Middle East. Winner: W. J. M. Mackenzie Book Prize Zusammenfassung Chronicles King Abdullah's relationship with the Zionist movement from his appointment as Emir of Transjordan in 1921 to his assassination in 1951. The author challenges many of the myths and legends that have come to surround the first Arab-Israeli war and the creation of the State of Israel.

Zusammenfassung

Chronicles King Abdullah's relationship with the Zionist movement from his appointment as Emir of Transjordan in 1921 to his assassination in 1951. The author challenges many of the myths and legends that have come to surround the first Arab-Israeli war and the creation of the State of Israel.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Avi Shlaim, Avi (Professor of International Relations Shlaim, Shlaim Avi
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.07.1998
• EAN: 9780198294597
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829459-7
• Seiten: 496
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Israel, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Royalty, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Warfare & defence, Biography: royalty, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Diplomacy, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Middle Eastern history, Palestine, Warfare and defence, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Arab & Middle Eastern