Seventy years after the creation of the State of Israel, Palestine to Israel: Mandate to State, 1945-1948 offers the definitive narrative of the achievement of Jewish sovereignty in the beleaguered Promised Land.
Seventy years after the creation of the State of Israel, Palestine to Israel: Mandate to State, 1945-1948 offers the definitive narrative of the achievement of Jewish sovereignty in the beleaguered Promised Land. Extensive primary research and a lucid prose make Professor Monty Noam Penkower¿s account a riveting reading experience.
"Prominent American historian Monty Noam Penkower, who has
previously written a number of books about British-ruled Palestine and the
international diplomacy surrounding the 'Palestine question', traces and
assesses developments inside and outside of Palestine during the final years of
the British mandate in this thorough and perceptive two-volume history. Whilst
the author's intention is to contribute to historical knowledge about the Arab-Israeli
conflict rather than to refute historical myths about it, his penetrating dissection
of developments from 1945 through 1948 pertaining to this question most
certainly accomplishes the latter task. ? This two-volume set represents an exhaustive
inquiry into how and why the Jewish state came into existence-an inquiry that
is enthusiastically recommended for students of this period." -David Rodman, Israel
Affairs
