The End of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1948: The Diary of Sir Henry Gurney (St. Antony's Series)

✍ Scribed by Motti Golani

• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 258
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book deals with the last days of the British Empire in Palestine, December 1947 -- May 1948. The study based on the diary of the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government, Sir Henry Gurney. In many ways, Palestine of 1948 was a microcosm of the British Empire on the eve of its disappearance from the international arena.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Perspectives List......Page 7
List of Illustrations......Page 8
List of Maps......Page 9
Abbreviations and Terms......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
He fell in the line of duty…......Page 14
Fadeout, nerves, terror......Page 20
His hatred......Page 23
The diary of Henry Gurney......Page 25
Real Time and Researcher’s Time......Page 36
Annotated Diary and Perspectives......Page 37
His sons......Page 224
Malaya… and Palestine......Page 227
Biographical Notes......Page 231
Bibliography......Page 241
A......Page 246
B......Page 247
D......Page 248
H......Page 249
J......Page 251
K......Page 252
M......Page 253
P......Page 254
S......Page 255
U......Page 256
Y......Page 257
Z......Page 258

✦ Subjects

Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Америки;История Великобритании;