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Cohen examines the struggle leading to the creation of the state of Israel, placing British evacuation of Palestine in the context of Britain's postwar weakness. The author describes the policies and character of each of the major actors in his story--Bevin. Truman. Ben-Gurion, and the Mufti of Jerusalem.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Palestine --- History --- 1948 Palestine war. --- Abba Eban. --- Abdullah I of Jordan. --- Allied-occupied Germany. --- American Council for Judaism. --- American Jewish Committee. --- American Zionist Movement. --- Aneurin Bevan. --- Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry. --- Arab League. --- Arab Legion. --- Arab Revolt. --- Arab citizens of Israel. --- Arabs. --- Arab–Israeli conflict. --- Arthur Balfour. --- Balfour Declaration. --- Bartley Crum. --- Beersheba. --- British Mandate for Palestine (legal instrument). --- Camille Chamoun. --- Chaim Weizmann. --- Colonial Office. --- David Ben-Gurion. --- Demobilization. --- Dov Gruner. --- Duff Cooper. --- Eliezer Kaplan. --- Emirate of Transjordan. --- General Zionists. --- Georges Bidault. --- Haganah. --- Harold Beeley. --- Harold Laski. --- Harry S. Truman. --- Hashomer Hatzair. --- Herbert Morrison. --- Homeland for the Jewish people. --- Ibn Saud. --- Imperialism. --- International recognition of Israel. --- Irgun. --- Israel. --- Israeli Declaration of Independence. --- Israeli–Palestinian conflict. --- Itzhak Ben-Zvi. --- J. C. Hurewitz. --- Jewish Agency for Israel. --- Jewish Brigade. --- Jewish Resistance Movement. --- Jewish leadership. --- Jewish lobby. --- Jewish refugees. --- Jewish religious terrorism. --- Jewish right. --- Jews. --- Jordan Valley (Middle East). --- Judea. --- Kfar Etzion. --- Kohn. --- Lehi (group). --- Mandatory Palestine. --- Marshall Plan. --- Middle East Journal. --- Middle East. --- Moscow Conference (1945). --- Mossad. --- Nablus. --- National Movement (Poland). --- Oil embargo. --- Operation Nachshon. --- Palestinian Jews. --- Palestinian government. --- Palestinian territories. --- Palestinians. --- Palmach. --- Prime Minister of Israel. --- Provisional government. --- Ramallah. --- Special rights. --- State of Palestine. --- Succession of states. --- Surrender of Japan. --- Tel Aviv. --- Treaty of Alliance (1778). --- United Arab Emirates. --- United Jewish Appeal. --- United Kingdom–United States relations. --- United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. --- United Nations Trusteeship Council. --- United States Department of State. --- Weizmann. --- West Berlin. --- White Paper of 1939. --- World War II. --- Yishuv. --- Yom Kippur. --- Zionism. --- Zionist Organization of America.