description: Segev explores the dramatic period before the creation of the state, when Britain ruled over "one Palestine, complete" (as noted in the receipt signed by the high commissioner) and when its promise to both Jews and Arabs that they would inherit the land set in motion the conflict that haunts the region to this day.
language: English
title: One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
titlecomplete: One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate
characters: David Ben-Gurion, Menachem Begin, Abdullah I of Jordan, Clement Attlee, David Lloyd George, Judah L. Magnes, Arthur Balfour, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Ernest Bevin, Chaim Weizmann, Mark Sykes, Bernard Montgomery, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Ronald Storrs, David Hacohen, David Eder
genres: 20th Century, History, British Literature, Politics, Religion, Israel, Islam, Nonfiction, Judaism, Jewish
ratings_count: 577
places: Mandatory Palestine, Palestine
publisher: Diane Pub Co