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Palestine in the Second World War : strategic plans and political dilemmas, the emergence of a new Middle East / Daphna Sharfman.
Van Pelt Library DS126.3 .S427 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sharfman, Dafnah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Palestine.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Arab nationalism.
- History.
- Zionism.
- Palestine--History--1929-1948.
- Palestine.
- Zionism--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Arab nationalism--Palestine--History--20th century.
- Palestine--Strategic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- x, 209 pages
- Place of Publication:
- Brighton ; Chicago : Sussex Academic Press, 2014.
- Contents:
- Part I The Military Campaigns of 1939-1942
- 1 Strategic Background 5
- The Axis Strategic Background: Italy and Germany 10
- 2 The War Arrives in the Middle East and Palestine 14
- The Iraqi Campaign 17
- The Syria-Lebanon Campaign 18
- The Middle East in British Strategy 22
- The War in the Desert and the Defence of Palestine (1941-42) 23
- 3 Palestine at War - Military and Security Considerations 27
- Enemy Aliens and Spies 28
- The Lehi Approach the Axis Powers 30
- Defence Measures 31
- Fears of Invasion 32
- The Palestine Regiment 37
- Plans for Evacuation 40
- Panic in Egypt 41
- 4 Palestine at War - Social and Economic Developments 43
- The Early Period of the War 43
- The Wartime "Boom" 44
- Economic Reform and Rationing 45
- Welfare and Unemployment 47
- Agricultural and Industrial Revival 47
- The Social and Economic Impact of the British Army 48
- 5 The Palestine Volunteers to the British Army 51
- British Proposals and the Jewish Response 51
- The Jewish Debate 53
- Recruitment Begins 54
- 6 The Jewish Army 56
- The British Debate 57
- A Decision 60
- A Delay 61
- A Final Decision 66
- 7 British-Jewish Clandestine Cooperation (Part One) 68
- The Balkans 70
- The Darien Affair 70
- The Levant 71
- The Invasion of Syria 73
- Anti-Vichy Operations 75
- The "Palestinian Scheme" 75
- Operations in Egypt 77
- The Haifa Interrogation Bureau 77
- 8 Political Developments 80
- The White Paper of 1939 80
- The Land Transfer Regulations 82
- Churchill Becomes Prime Minister 84
- Arab Policy and the Mufti 85
- The Renewed Debate 86
- The Biltmore Program 88
- 9 Immigration to Palestine 93
- Action Against Immigration 94
- Fears of German Agents 97
- Diplomatic Initiatives 99
- Illegal Immigration 101
- The Patria Disaster 103
- Illegal Immigration Continues 104
- The Struma Affair 108
- 10 Summary and Conclusions to Part I 114
- Part II British-Jewish Tension, 1943-1945
- 11 Strategic Developments 119
- US Regional Involvement 120
- Soviet Regional Involvement 121
- French Influence 122
- 12 Political Conflicts in Palestine 123
- British Action Against the Yishuv 123
- The Separatist Backlash 125
- Yishuv Condemnation of the Terrorists 127
- The British Reaction 128
- 13 The British Cabinet and Palestine 130
- The Debate on Partition 130
- The Decision on the Jewish Army 135
- 14 The Yishuv in Palestine and the Holocaust 139
- The Bermuda Conference 141
- Yishuv Attempts to Assist 142
- Negotiations on Rescue 143
- Immigration (1943-45) 150
- 15 British-Jewish Clandestine Cooperation (Part Two) 152
- Parachutists into Occupied Europe 152
- Conclusion 156
- 16 Summary and Conclusions to Part II 158.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781845195267
- 1845195264
- OCLC:
- 756592775
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