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The politics of partition : King Abdullah, the Zionists, and Palestine, 1921-1951 / Avi Shlaim.
- Title
- The politics of partition : King Abdullah, the Zionists, and Palestine, 1921-1951 / Avi Shlaim.
- Author
- Shlaim, Avi
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Shlaim, Avi.
- Description
- xxiv, 465 p. : maps; 22 cm.
- Summary
- In this new edition Professor Shlaim chronicles King Abdullah's relationship with the Zionist movement from his appointment as Emir of Transjordan in 1921 to his assassination in 1951.
- Uniform Title
- University press scholarship online.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Rev. abridged ed. of: Collusion across the Jordan. 1988.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-439) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A falcon trapped in a canary's cage -- The Hashemite-Zionist connection -- A judgement of Solomon -- Two kinds of partition -- Mr Bevin's little king -- The tortuous road to war -- On the brink -- The invasion -- The counter-offensive -- Lull in the storm -- War and politics -- The friendly belligerents -- Negotiation the armistice agreement -- The sterile armistice -- An exercise in futility -- The elusive peace treaty -- Annexation and negotiation -- Violent finale.
- ISBN
- 019829459X
- LCCN
- ^^^99188465^
- OCLC
- 40803657
- SCSB-12585638
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library