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Author Gilbert, Martin, 1936-2015.

Title Churchill and the Jews : a lifelong friendship / Martin Gilbert.

Imprint New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2007.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  942.082 C475Bg 2007    ---  Available
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.
Zionism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Palestine.
Palestine -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Israel -- History.
ISBN 9780805078800
0805078800
Standard No. NLGGC 305853732
AU@ 000041512336

 
    
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