TY - BOOK ID - 77871333 TI - Churchill's promised land PY - 2007 SN - 1281735353 9786611735357 0300137923 9780300137927 9780300116090 0300116098 9781281735355 6611735356 9780300143249 0300143249 PB - New Haven Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Zionism KW - Jews KW - Zionist movement KW - Jewish nationalism KW - History KW - Politics and government KW - Restoration KW - Churchill, Winston, KW - Churchill, Winston KW - Spencer-Churchill, Winston Leonard KW - Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer KW - Churchill, Winston Spencer KW - Churchill, Winston S. KW - Great Britain KW - Middle East KW - Foreign relations KW - Cherchillʹ, Vinston, KW - Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, KW - Chʻiu-chi-êrh, KW - Warden, KW - Chŭrchil, Uinstŭn, KW - Ts'urts'il, Ṿinsṭon, KW - Cherchillʹ, Uinston, KW - צ׳רצ׳יל, וינסטון KW - צ'רציל, וינסטון ס., KW - צ'רצ'יל, וינסטון, KW - تشرشل، ونستون، KW - Čʻurčʻili, Uinston, KW - Spencer Churchill, Winston, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77871333 AB - This book is the first to explore fully the role that Zionism played in the political thought of Winston Churchill. Michael Makovsky traces the development of Churchill's positions toward Zionism from the period leading up to the First World War through his final years as prime minister in the 1950's. Setting Churchill's attitudes toward Zionism within the context of his overall worldview as well as within the context of twentieth-century British diplomacy, Makovsky offers a unique contribution to our understanding of Churchill. Moving chronologically, the book looks at Churchill's career within the context of several major themes: his own worldview and political strategies, his understanding of British imperial interests, the moral impact of the Holocaust, his commitment to ideals of civilization, and his historical sentimentalism. While Churchill was largely sympathetic to the Jews and to the Zionist impulse, he was not without inconsistencies in his views and policies over the years. Makovsky's book illuminates key aspects of Middle Eastern history; Zionist history; and British political, imperial, and diplomatic history; and further helps us understand one of the pivotal figures of the twentieth century. ER -