Bibliograph

The Balfour Declaration, the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Jonathan Schneer

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The Balfour Declaration, the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict, Jonathan Schneer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-416) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Balfour Declaration

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

440563034

Responsibility statement

Jonathan Schneer

Sub title

the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict

Table Of Contents

Postlude as prelude -- Palestine before World War I -- "Ottomanism," "Arabism" and Sharif Hussein -- First steps towards the Arab revolt -- The next steps -- The Hussein-McMahon correspondence -- The Sykes-Picot agreement -- The revolt begins -- Prewar British Jews -- Weizmann's first steps -- The "assimilationists" -- The road forks -- Forging the British-Zionist connection -- Defining the British-Arab connection -- Managing the British-Zionist connection -- Sokolow in France and Italy -- Revelation of the Sykes Picot agreement -- British Muslims, the Anglo-Ottoman society and the disillusioning of Marmaduke Pickthall -- The curious venture of J.R. Pilling -- Henry Morgenthau and the deceiving of Chaim Weizmann -- The man who was "Greenmantle" -- The Zaharoff gambit -- The ascendency of Chaim Weizmann -- Lawrence and the Arabs on the verge -- The declaration at last -- The declaration endangered -- A drawing together of threads

Target audience

adult

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