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1 Online-Ressource (xii, 208 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781782840763
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9781782840770
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While the conflicts and national aspirations in British mandatory Palestine in particular and the Middle East in general were evident before the outbreak of the Second World War, the war itself accelerated and enhanced national expectations and presented continuing tactical and strategic dilemmas to British, Arab, and Jewish leaders. British strategic policy during the war failed to provide answers to the political issues of the growing national demands in Palestine, and led to severe distrust of British policy among Arabs and Jews, as the two communities were framing mostly opposing reactions
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Yoav Gelber; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I The Military Campaigns of 1939-1942; 1 Strategic Background; The Axis Strategic Background: Italy and Germany; 2 The War Arrives in the Middle East and Palestine; The Iraqi Campaign; The Syria-Lebanon Campaign; The Middle East in British Strategy; The War in the Desert and the Defence of Palestine (1941-42); 3 Palestine at War - Military and Security Considerations; Enemy Aliens and Spies; The Lehi Approach the Axis Powers; Defence Measures; Fears of Invasion; The Palestine Regiment
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Plans for EvacuationPanic in Egypt; 4 Palestine at War - Social and Economic Developments; The Early Period of the War; The Wartime "Boom"; Economic Reform and Rationing; Welfare and Unemployment; Agricultural and Industrial Revival; The Social and Economic Impact of the British Army; 5 The Palestine Volunteers to the British Army; British Proposals and the Jewish Response; The Jewish Debate; Recruitment Begins; 6 The Jewish Army; The British Debate; A Decision; A Delay; A Final Decision; 7 British-Jewish Clandestine Cooperation (Part One); The Balkans; The Darien Affair; The Levant
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The Invasion of SyriaAnti-Vichy Operations; The "Palestinian Scheme"; Operations in Egypt; The Haifa Interrogation Bureau; 8 Political Developments; The White Paper of 1939; The Land Transfer Regulations; Churchill Becomes Prime Minister; Arab Policy and the Mufti; The Renewed Debate; The Biltmore Program; 9 Immigration to Palestine; Action Against Immigration; Fears of German Agents; Diplomatic Initiatives; Illegal Immigration; The Patria Disaster; Illegal Immigration Continues; The Struma Affair; 10 Summary and Conclusions to Part I; PART II British-Jewish Tension, 1943-1945
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11 Strategic DevelopmentsUS Regional Involvement; Soviet Regional Involvement; French Influence; 12 Political Conflicts in Palestine; British Action Against the Yishuv; The Separatist Backlash; Yishuv Condemnation of the Terrorists; The British Reaction; 13 The British Cabinet and Palestine; The Debate on Partition; The Decision on the Jewish Army; 14 The Yishuv in Palestine and the Holocaust; The Bermuda Conference; Yishuv Attempts to Assist; Negotiations on Rescue; Immigration (1943-45); 15 British-Jewish Clandestine Cooperation (Part Two); Parachutists into Occupied Europe; Conclusion
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16 Summary and Conclusions to Part IINotes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781782840787
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781845195267
Sprache:
Englisch
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