One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate

One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate - Paperback

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One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate - Paperback

One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate - Paperback

by Tom Segev
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Book Overview

by Tom Segev (Author), Haim Watzman (Translator)

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
Named a Best Books of the Year by The New York Times
Named an Editors' Choice Best Book by The New York Times

"The best single account of Palestine under the British mandate . . . This will doubtlessly become the authoritative text for the pre-state history of Israel." --The New York Times Book Review

Rich in historical detail, sensitive to all perspectives, One Palestine, Complete brilliantly depicts the decline of an empire, the birth of one nation, and the tragedy of another.

One Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain's promise to both Jews and Arabs that they would inherit the land, set in motion the conflict that haunts the region to this day.

Drawing on untapped archival materials, Tom Segev reconstructs an era (1917 to 1948) of limitless possibilities and tragic missteps. He introduces an array unforgettable characters, tracks the steady advance of Jews and Arabs toward confrontation, and puts forth a radical new argument: that the British, far from being pro-Arab, consistently favored the Zionist position, out of the mistaken--and anti-Semitic--belief that Jews turned the wheels of history.

Author Biography

Tom Segev is a columnist for Ha'aretz, Israel's leading newspaper, and author of three works on the history of Israel, 1949: The First Israelis, The Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust, and One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate. He lives in Jerusalem.

Number of Pages: 640
Dimensions: 1.54 x 9.2 x 6.13 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 01, 2001
ISBN9780805065879
Author Tom Segev
PublisherPicador USA
GenreNews & politics and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2001
LanguageENG- English
Pages640
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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