Unexpected State: British Politics and the Creation of Israel

by Carly Beckerman

Book Overview

Cutting through assumptions about Britain's support for a "national home for the Jewish people" in the creation of British Palestine, Carly Beckerman explores why and how elite political battles in London inadvertently laid the foundations for the establishment of the State of Israel. Drawing on foreign policy analysis and previously unused archival sources, Unexpected State considers the strategic interests, the high-stakes international...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253046416
• ISBN13: 9780253046413
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"