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Europe leaves the Middle East, 1936-1954. / Howard M. Sachar. With an introduction by William L. Langer.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sachar, Howard Morley, 1928-2018.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle East--History--20th century.
- Middle East.
- History.
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy).
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy).
- Local Subjects:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy).
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy).
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, xviii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 687, xxxviii pages, 4 unnumbered pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Manufacture:
- Scranton, Pa. : Composed, printed, and bound by the Haddon Craftsmen, Inc.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : [Distributed by Random House], 1972.
- Contents:
- A precarious equilibrium
- The intrusion of the Axis
- The imbroglio of Palestine
- War comes to the Middle East
- Germany enters the Middle East
- The British reassert their presence
- Germany leaves the Middle East
- France leaves the Middle East
- A revived danger in the north
- Britain seeks a renewed tenure in the Middle East
- Palestine erupts again: the Jewish refugee factor
- The end of the Palestine Mandate: the birth of Israel
- The war for Palestine
- 'The last Englishman out of Suez".
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."
- "First Edition."
- "Illustrated with 16 maps by Jean Paul Tremblay."
- "Jacket design by Golda Fishbein based on a design by Warren Chappell."
- "The text of this book was set in a typeface called Primer, designed by Rudolph Ruzicka for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company and first made available in 1949 ... Primer is Ruzicka's third typeface. In 1940 he designed Fairfield, and in 1947 Fairfield Medium, both for the Mergenthaler Linotype Company."
- "Typography and binding design by Warren Chappell."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 647-687) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acc.# 5772
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Chaim Potok 1975".
- ISBN:
- 0394460642 :
- OCLC:
- 292511
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