Palestine : history of a lost nation

Book 2007

Traces the author's experiences as the London-raised son of a Palestinian father and English mother, in a historical account that traces his efforts to understand the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Sabbagh, Karl

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ISBN:

9780802143501

Description:

xiii, 366 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 22 cm

Notes:

Originally published: London : Atlantic Books, 2006
Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Ancient Palestine
'The first king of Palestine'
Daher's decline
Palestine in the nineteenth century
Travellers' tales
Bible stories
Balfour and friends
A letter to Lord Rothschild
Picking up the peace
Mandate
Into the 1920s
Hostile acts
Commissions galore
Peel and partition
'Lion-cub of Arabdom'
Love and war
Displaced persons
UNSCOP and robbers
The UN vote, 29 November 1947
The end of history
Palestine lost

LCCN:

2006049240

Control Number:

3292280

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