Publisher's Synopsis
A thorough analysis of the Palestine dilemma in all its complexity, focusing on the years 1945-1948, has been lacking to date. This would include developments in Palestine and in the Arab states; British and American responses both official and public; the role of Holocaust survivors; the context of the Cold War; and the saga as it unfolded - long overlooked by historians - in the corridors of the United Nations.The two volumes join extensive archival research to a lucid prose, making it attractive both to the specialist and to the general public. It should also appeal to academic libraries and to institutes devoted to the Middle East.The book makes clear, as well, how Zionism forged a revolution in the Jewish millennial experience through the attainment of Jewish sovereignty in the biblically convenanted Eretz Israel. The latter point may well also appeal to Evangelical Christian groups across the United States.
