| Edition |
1st U.S. ed. |
| Description |
xix, 359 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-329) and index. |
| Contents |
Early years : "This monstrous conspiracy" -- Supporting the Jews -- The First World War and its aftermath -- "A struggle for the soul of the Jewish people" -- Responsibility for the Jewish national home -- Pledges in Jerusalem -- Building on the Balfour declaration -- An anti-semitic libel, Palestine, and Moses -- The rise of Hitler -- Defender of zionism -- The partition debate: "a counsel of despair" -- Nazism rampant: "abominable persecution" -- Palestine the legitimate Jewish haven -- The Black Paper: "this mortal blow" -- The first nine months of war -- Prime Minister: the Palestine dimension -- "These vile crimes" -- Palestine: a vigilant eye -- Seeking to save Jews -- "If our dreams of Zionism are to end ..." -- The Saudi Arabian dimension -- From war to peace: "I shall continue to do my best" -- The King David Hotel bomb: "We are to be at war with the Jews of Palestine" -- "A senseless, squalid war with the Jews" -- The state of Israel established: "an event in world history" -- "An old Zionist like me" -- "A great nation". |
| Subject |
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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Zionism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948.
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Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Palestine.
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Palestine -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Israel -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780805078800 |
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0805078800 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 305853732 |
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AU@ 000041512336 |
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