Bibliograph

Palestine 1936, the great revolt and the roots of the Middle East conflict, Oren Kessler

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Palestine 1936, the great revolt and the roots of the Middle East conflict, Oren Kessler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-305) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Palestine 1936

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1330690919

Responsibility statement

Oren Kessler

Sub title

the great revolt and the roots of the Middle East conflict

Summary

"Spring 1936. The Holy Land erupted in a rebellion that targeted both the local Jewish community and the British Mandate authorities that for two decades had midwifed the Zionist project. The Great Arab Revolt would last three years, cost thousands of lives, and cast the trajectory for the Middle East conflict ever since. The revolt to end Zionism had instead crushed the Arabs themselves, leaving them crippled in facing the Jews' own drive for statehood a decade later. Zionist leaders began to abandon illusions over Arab acquiescence, and faced the prospect that fulfilling their dream of sovereignty might mean forever clinging to the sword. Kessler shows that today, eight decades on, the revolt's legacy endures. When Washington promotes a "two-state solution," it is invoking a plan with roots in this same pivotal period"--, adapted from jacket

Target audience

adult

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