num_pages: 640
description: One Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain's promise to both Jews and Arabs that they would inherit the land, set in motion the conflict that haunts the region to this day.Drawing on untapped archival materials, Tom Segev reconstructs an era (1917 to 1948) of limitless possibilities and tragic missteps. He introduces an array unforgettable characters, tracks the steady advance of Jews and Arabs toward confrontation, and puts forth a radical new argument: that the British, far from being pro-Arab, consistently favored the Zionist position, out of the mistaken--and anti-Semitic--belief that Jews turned the wheels of history. Rich in historical detail, sensitive to all perspectives, One Palestine, Complete brilliantly depicts the decline of an empire, the birth of one nation, and the tragedy of another.
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: Ronald Storrs, Bernard Montgomery, David Eder, Chaim Weizmann, David Lloyd George, David Ben-Gurion, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Mark Sykes, Menachem Begin, Arthur Balfour, David Hacohen, Judah L. Magnes, Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Clement Attlee, Abdullah I of Jordan, Ernest Bevin
genres: Jewish, 20th Century, Religion, Politics, Islam, Judaism, Israel, British Literature, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 577
places: Palestine, Mandatory Palestine
publisher: Picador