Palestine betrayed / Efraim Karsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karsh, Efraim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Palestine--History--Partition, 1947.

Palestine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 1947 UN resolution to partition Palestine irrevocably changed the political landscape of the Middle East, giving rise to six full-fledged wars between Arabs and Jews, countless armed clashes, blockades, and terrorism, as well as a profound shattering of Palestinian Arab society. Its origins, and that of the wider Arab-Israeli conflict, are deeply rooted in Jewish-Arab confrontation and appropriation in Palestine. But the isolated occasions of violence during the British Mandate era (1920-48) suggest that the majority of Palestinian Arabs yearned to live and thrive under peaceful coexistence with the evolving Jewish national enterprise. So what was the real cause of the breakdown in relations between the two communities? In this brave and groundbreaking book, Efraim Karsh tells the story from both the Arab and Jewish perspectives. He argues that from the early 1920's onward, a corrupt and extremist leadership worked toward eliminating the Jewish national revival and protecting its own interests. Karsh has mined many of the Western, Soviet, UN, and Israeli documents declassified over the past decade, as well as unfamiliar Arab sources, to reveal what happened behind the scenes on both Palestinian and Jewish sides. It is an arresting story of delicate political and diplomatic maneuvering by leading figures-Ben Gurion, Hajj Amin Husseini, Abdel Rahman Azzam, King Abdullah, Bevin, and Truman -over the years leading up to partition, through the slide to war and its enduring consequences. Palestine Betrayed is vital reading for understanding the origin of disputes that remain crucial today.

Contents:

Jews and Arabs in the Holy Land

Pan-Arab ambitions

"The most important Arab quisling"

The road to partition

Kingdoms are established over dead bodies and skulls

Fleeing Haifa

Why don't you stay and fight?

Jerusalem embattled

All fall down

The scramble for Palestine

Shattered dreams

A self-inflicted catastrophe

Epilogue.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references(p. [274]-334) and index.

ISBN:

0-300-16945-0

OCLC:

808346490