William Yale
Subtitle: Witness to partition in the Middle East, WWI-WWII
By: Janice Terry
Publisher: Rimal Publications
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Cyprus
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9789963715244
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Campaigns; Intelligence officers; Biography; Military campaigns; World War (1914-1918) fast (OCoLC)fst01180746
Description: Yale was born into the Anglo-American power elite in the late nineteenth century. After graduating from Yale University, he joined the Standard Oil Company and was sent to Palestine where he met Lawrence of Arabia, Chaim Weizmann, as well as leading Palestinians and Turks. He left Palestine when WWI broke out but returned as an intelligence agent for the U.S. government.
Notes: Includes index and bibliography.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Jerusalem 1914; title: Youthful adventures; title: Life in Palestine: 1913-1917; title: Diplomatic deceptions; title: Military and political maneuvers in Palestine; title: Great expectations: the King-Crane Comission; title: Dividing the spoils: The 1920s partitioning of the Middle East; title: Interlude: Interwar years 1920s-1930s; title: WWII and U.S. Palestine policy; title: No end of conflict: United States policy failures; title: Old age: reflections.