Policy of deceit : Britain and Palestine, 1914-1939

Summary: The untold story of Britain's role in the Israel-Palestine conflict. `The most comprehensive and incisive exposure of the origins of the British betrayal of Palestine' Ilan Pappe. In this eye-opening book, Peter Shambrook delves into the secret correspondence between the British High Commissioner in Egypt, Sir Henry McMahon, and the Sharif of Mecca during the First World War.

Record details

ISBN: 9780861549498
Physical Description: 404 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
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Publisher: London, England : Oneworld Academic, an imprint of Oneworld Publications, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-391) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

West of the line of the Four Towns, 1915-1919 -- League of Victors, 1919 -- Detrimental to the public interest, 1920-1924 -- Non possumus, 1924-1938 -- Abandoning 'Vilayets,' 1938-1939 -- Correspondence in the Conferences, 1939 -- Anglo-Arab Report, 1939 -- Discordant historiography, 1938- -- Conclusions: steadfastly disingenous -- Epilogue: in search of change -- Appendix 1. The McMahon- Hussein correspondence (Cmd 5957) -- Appendix II. McMahon's 24 October 1915 Letter to Sharif Hussein.