End of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1948 - The Diary of Sir Henry Gurney

Informationen zum Autor MOTTI GOLANI is Historian of the British Mandate and Israel at the University of Haifa, Israel and a former Senior Member at St. Antony's College, Oxford. His books include: Israel in Search of a War, Sinai Campaign, 1955-1956, Wars Don't Just Happen', Israeli memory, power and free will, and forthcoming, The Last Commissioner of Judah: Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham in Palestine, 1945-1948 , to be published by the Weizmann Institute of Tel Aviv University. Klappentext Henry Gurney was the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government of Palestine. From mid-March to mid-May 1948, at his HQ in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, he wrote his diary under fire from Jews and Arabs alike, with both groups taking aim at the British Administration as the Mandate drew to a close and the country spiralled into violence. Zusammenfassung Henry Gurney was the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government of Palestine. From mid-March to mid-May 1948! at his HQ in Jerusalem's King David Hotel! he wrote his diary under fire from Jews and Arabs alike! with both groups taking aim at the British Administration as the Mandate drew to a close and the country spiralled into violence. Inhaltsverzeichnis Perspectives List List of Illustrations and Maps Abbreviations and Terms Acknowledgments The Diary and the Diarist Real Time and Researcher's Time Annotated Diary and Perspectives Epilogue – Colonial Orphans Biographical Notes Bibliography Index

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Perspectives List List of Illustrations and Maps Abbreviations and Terms Acknowledgments The Diary and the Diarist Real Time and Researcher's Time Annotated Diary and Perspectives Epilogue - Colonial Orphans Biographical Notes Bibliography Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: M. Golani, Motti Golani, Henry Gurney
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.08.2009
• EAN: 9780230209862
• ISBN: 978-0-230-20986-2
• Pagine: 256
• Serie: St Antony's Series; St Antony's; St Antony's Series; St Antony's
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; B, History, European History, Middle East, Political History, Western Europe, History: specific events and topics, Asian History, World Politics, Political science and theory, Political Violence, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, History of the Middle East, Middle East—History, Terrorism and Political Violence, Asia—History