Failure in Palestine: British and United States Policy after the Second World War

by Martin Jones

Overview

Failure in Palestine traces Britain's attempts to reconcile her commitments to Palestine with her interests in the rest of the Middle East through bureaucratic and diplomatic paths to her eventual abandonment of Palestine. The text offers an excellent analysis of British decision making in this crucial period, whose repercussions are felt to the present day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781474291279
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/06/2016
Series:	History and Politics in the 20th Century: Bloomsbury Academic
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Martin Jones is the former head of the History Department of Cheltenham College, UK, and continues to teach part time.

Table of Contents

Foreword
List of Maps
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
1. 1945: The Legacy from the Past
2. Labour in Power: The Creation of the Anglo-American Initiative
3. The Collapse of the Anglo-American Initiative
4. The London Conference and Truman's Yom Kippur Statement
5. Decision Time: The Winter of 1946-7
6. The United Nations Special Committee on Palestine
7. The Aftermath of the UNSCOP Report
8. The End of the Mandate
Conclusion
Notes
Collections and Works Cited
Index