Research Catalog

Title

Under the cover of war : the Zionist expulsion of the Palestinians / Rosemarie M. Esber.

Author

Esber, Rosemarie M.

Publication

Alexandria Virginia : Arabicus Books & Media, [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Description

xv, 439 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"Under the Cover of War presents a critical examination of the last six months of the British Palestine mandate, November 1947 to mid-May 1948. Unpublished military and diplomatic sources and new, original refugee interviews support the Palestinians account of their Nakba (catastrophe)"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

• Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century
• Palestine > Politics and government > 1917-1948
• Palestinian Arabs > Politics and government > 20th century
• Palestinian Arabs > History > 20th century
• Jews > Palestine > Politics and government > 20th century
• Jews > Palestine > History > 20th century
• Palestine > History > 1929-1948
• Jewish-Arab relations > 20th century
• Refugees, Palestinian Arab > History > 20th century
• Zionism > Palestine > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [408]-422).
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The creation of Palestinian refugees: a historical perspective -- Mandate Palestine: prelude to war and displacement -- Zionist militarism and Arab population "transfer" -- Creating a vacuum: the British withdrawal -- From provocation and reprisal to open warfare -- The collapse of the Palestinian Arab community -- The de-Arabization of Haifa -- "Cleansing" Jaffa and the Coastal Plain - The shattering of Arab Palestine -- A pattern and practice of iIntimidation and violence.

ISBN

• 9780981513171 (alk. paper)
• 0981513174 (alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008014389
• 99933222843

OCLC

• ocn223105557
• 223105557
• SCSB-5462721

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries