TY  - GEN
T1  - Palestine in the Second World War : strategic plans and political dilemmas, the emergence of a new Middle East
A1  - Sharfman, Dafnah
LA  - English
PP  - Brighton ; Chicago
PB  - Sussex Academic Press
YR  - 2014
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn872115631
AB  - While the conflicts and national aspirations in British mandatory Palestine in particular and the Middle East in general were evident before the outbreak of the Second World War, the war itself accelerated and enhanced national expectations and presented continuing tactical and strategic dilemmas to British, Arab, and Jewish leaders. British strategic policy during the war failed to provide answers to the political issues of the growing national demands in Palestine, and led to severe distrust of British policy among Arabs and Jews, as the two communities were framing mostly opposing reactions to wartime developments, and to conflicting expectations and policies toward postwar solutions for Palestine. The aim of this work is to analyze the continual development of strategic plans and political dilemmas that arose during the war period, which led to the subsequent postwar circumstance where American and Soviet involvement impacted on the strategic thinking of all involved parties, notwithstanding the British military victory. Analysis includes: the prewar British strategic situation in Palestine, and the war events in Palestine and its Middle East neighbor countries (at the military-strategic level and the repercussions of the outcome of the war for the local Palestinian population). At the heart of the discussion lies British interests and policies framed toward Jews and Arabs; analysis of the two communities' conflicting interests and policies; and the resultant sea-change in the establishment of the Jewish state which brought in its wake the emergence of a New Middle East.
CN  - DS126.3 .S427 2014eb
SN  - 9781782840787
SN  - 1782840788
SN  - 9781782840763
SN  - 1782840761
SN  - 9781845195267
SN  - 1845195264
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Palestine.
KW  - Palestine : History : 1929-1948.
KW  - Zionism : Palestine : History : 20th century.
KW  - Arab nationalism : Palestine : History : 20th century.
KW  - Palestine : Strategic aspects.
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 : Palestine.
KW  - Palestine : Histoire : 1929-1948.
KW  - Nationalisme arabe : Palestine : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - HISTORY : Middle East : General.
KW  - HISTORY : Asia : General.
KW  - Arab nationalism
KW  - Zionism
KW  - Middle East : Palestine
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - History
ER  -