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One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under The British Mandate by Tom Segev

One Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain's promise to both Jews and Arabs that they would inherit the land, set in motion the conflict that haunts the region to this day.Drawing on untapped archival materials, Tom Segev reconstructs an era (1917 to 1948) of limitless possibilities and tragic missteps. He introduces an array unforgettable characters, tracks the steady advance of Jews and Arabs toward confrontation, and puts forth a radical new argument: that the British, far from being pro-Arab, consistently favored the Zionist position, out of the mistaken--and anti-Semitic--belief that Jews turned the wheels of history. Rich in historical detail, sensitive to all perspectives, One Palestine, Complete brilliantly depicts the decline of an empire, the birth of one nation, and the tragedy of another.

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One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under The British Mandate by Tom Segev

One Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel. This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain's promise to both Jews and Arabs that they would inherit the land, set in motion the conflict that haunts the region to this day.Drawing on untapped archival materials, Tom Segev reconstructs an era (1917 to 1948) of limitless possibilities and tragic missteps. He introduces an array unforgettable characters, tracks the steady advance of Jews and Arabs toward confrontation, and puts forth a radical new argument: that the British, far from being pro-Arab, consistently favored the Zionist position, out of the mistaken--and anti-Semitic--belief that Jews turned the wheels of history. Rich in historical detail, sensitive to all perspectives, One Palestine, Complete brilliantly depicts the decline of an empire, the birth of one nation, and the tragedy of another.

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One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under

the British Mandate by Tom Segev

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Original Title: One Palestine, Complete


ISBN: 0805065873
ISBN13: 9780805065879
Autor: Tom Segev/Haim Watzman (Translator)
Rating: 3.8 of 5 stars (5782) counts
Original Format: Paperback, 640 pages
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Published: October 1st 2001 / by Picador / (first published 1999)
Language: English
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One Palestine, Complete explores the tumultuous period before the creation of the state of Israel.
This was the time of the British Mandate, when Britain's promise to both Jews and Arabs that they
would inherit the land, set in motion the conflict that haunts the region to this day.

Drawing on untapped archival materials, Tom Segev reconstructs an era (1917 to 1948) of
limitless possibilities and tragic missteps. He introduces an array unforgettable characters, tracks
the steady advance of Jews and Arabs toward confrontation, and puts forth a radical new
argument: that the British, far from being pro-Arab, consistently favored the Zionist position, out of
the mistaken--and anti-Semitic--belief that Jews turned the wheels of history. Rich in historical
detail, sensitive to all perspectives, One Palestine, Complete brilliantly depicts the decline of an
empire, the birth of one nation, and the tragedy of another.

About Author:

Tom Segev (Hebrew: ) is an Israeli historian, author and journalist. He is associated with Israel's
so-called New Historians, a group challenging many of the country's traditional narratives.

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- One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate (Paperback)

- One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate (Hardcover)

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- One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate (Kindle Edition)

- One Palestine, Complete: Jews and Arabs Under the British Mandate (Hardcover)

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Jan 26, 2008


Charles
Rated it: it was ok
segev continues his career of iconoclasm within israeli historiography with this noted book
covering the critical period of british rule. in a rhapsodic style the book slays a key boogey-man of
much israeli scholarship on the mandate: the supposed opposition of the british to zionism and its
project of erecting a state. instead he argues that though key british figures in government were
often motivated by anti-semitic notions of jewish power in the world, this paradoxically led them to
generall
segev continues his career of iconoclasm within israeli historiography with this noted book
covering the critical period of british rule. in a rhapsodic style the book slays a key boogey-man of
much israeli scholarship on the mandate: the supposed opposition of the british to zionism and its
project of erecting a state. instead he argues that though key british figures in government were
often motivated by anti-semitic notions of jewish power in the world, this paradoxically led them to
generally assist in the project of zionist state-building.
while there should be no doubt the british served an irreplaceable role in helping create the
conditions for the birth of israel, segev's narrative on this count is somewhat lacking. for instance,
the key british interventions in local political economy which greatly damaged the majority arab
population while giving advantage to young zionist economic ventures - are not well-treated in the
book.
likewise, although it is a lush account of the period, full of robust detail, often using diaries and
personal papers to add real persons' experiences during the period, it gives relatively short shrift
to producing a serious account of palestinan arab history during the mandate. there is one main
arab character in the book - khalil al-sakakini - and while his writings have much to offer, he can
hardly stand in for the arab majority.
the book is also marred by several themes and tropes from dominant israeli sociology and
discourse, which takes a dim if not hostile view of palestinian culture and history. thus, for
instance, palestinians who revolt against the british and the zionist program to take over the
territory are often labeled 'terrorists', demonstrating once again the limits of the israeli 'new
historians'.
the book's style will appeal to non-specialists, and it is highly readable on that account, but
precisely this style and its narrative foci often make it somewhat less serious than its pretensions
would have it.
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