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Britain, the United States and the End of the Palestine Mandate, 1942-48 by Ritchie Ovendale
As well as jeopardising its own interests in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, American policy towards the Palestine question in the 1940s carried considerable risk of conflict with its allies, in particular with Britain. This book, based on British and American archival sources, examines the extent to which Harry Truman was a victim of a political system which allowed minority racial and religious groups to dictate not only United States foreign policy, but what policy an ally should follow in defiance of its own interests. Against the background of the emergence of the Cold War and the birth of the state of Israel, it shows the attempt made by Ernest Bevin to keep the explosive Palestine situation separate from the deepening needs of the Anglo-American special relationship, at the same time laying foundations for Western security. Dr Ovendale argues that in the end it was the Palestinian Arabs, not the Anglo-American special relationship, that were sacrificed, and discusses the first Arab-Israeli war in the context of great power diplomacy and American domestic policies. His controversial conclusions are supported by the use of new and important source material. |
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| Author(s) : Ritchie Ovendale | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 0861932145 | ISBN-13 : 9780861932146 |
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Product Details:
Series Title : Royal Historical Society Studies in History
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 05/10/1989
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page Length : viii,326mm
Page Size : 216mm