Unexpected State: British Politics and the Creation of Israel (Middle East Studies)

Cutting through assumptions about Britain's support for a "national home for the Jewish people" in the creation of British Palestine, Carly Beckerman explores why and how elite political battles in London inadvertently laid the foundations for the establishment of the State of Israel. Considering detailed analysis of four major policy-making episodes between 1920 and 1948, Unexpected State interrogates key Israeli and Palestinian narratives and provides fresh insight into the motives and decisions behind policies which would have global implications for decades to come.

• | Author: Carly Beckerman
• | Publisher: Indiana University Press
• | Publication Date: March 03, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0253046416
• | ISBN-13: 9780253046413