Palestine 1936 : the great revolt and the roots of the Middle East conflict
(2023)
By:
Kessler, Oren
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
956.9404/KESSLER,O
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2023]
DESCRIPTION
xiv, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781538148808, 1538148803 :, 1538148803, 9781538148808
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction : The Forgotten Uprising -- Flash Floods in the Desert -- The Bloody Day in Jaffa -- The Two-State Solution -- Black Sunday -- Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem -- Lawrence of Judea -- The Burning Ground Epilogue : The Revolt Rages On
"The Great Arab Revolt of 1936 in the Holy Land lasted three years, cost thousands of lives-Jewish, British, and Arab-and cast the trajectory for the Middle East conflict ever since. It radicalized the Jewish and Arab communities and made the separation permanent. This book reveals world-changing events through extraordinary people on all sides"--