Failure in Palestine: British and United States Policy after the Second World War
β Scribed by Martin Jones
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 434
- Series
- History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Failure in Palestine traces Britainβs attempts to reconcile her commitments to Palestine with her interests in the rest of the Middle East through bureaucratic and diplomatic paths to her eventual abandonment of Palestine. The text offers an excellent analysis of British decision making in this crucial period, whose repercussions are felt to the present day.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half-title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Foreword
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. 1945: the Legacy from the Past
2. Labour in Power; the Creation of the Anglo-American Initiative
3. The Collapse of the Anglo-American Initiative
4. The London Conference and Truman's Yom Kippur Statement
5. Decision Time: the Winter of 1946-7
6. The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
7. The Aftermath of the UNSCOP Report
8. The End of the Mandate
Conclusion
Notes
Collections and Works Cited
Index
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