TY  - BOOK
AU  - Segev,Tom
AU  - Watzman,Haim
TI  - One Palestine complete: Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate 
SN  - 9780805065879
U1  - 909 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Holt
KW  - Jews
KW  - Palestine
KW  - History
KW  - 20th Century
KW  - Israel
N1  - Originally published as Yamei Kalaniot. -- Jerusalem : Keter Publishers, 1999; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Until we meet again --
Pt. 1. Illusion (1917-27) --
Ch. 1. Khalilal-Sakakini receives a visitor --
Ch. 2. "A contract with Jewry" --
Ch. 3. Self-service --
Ch. 4. Ego versus ego --
Ch. 5. Between Mohammed and Mr. Cohen --
Ch. 6. Nebi Musa, 1920 --
Ch. 7. A steady gaze and a firm jaw --
Ch. 8. Jaffa, 1921 --
Ch. 9 Culture wars --
Ch. 10. Yefim Gordin comes to Palestine --
Ch. 11. A new man --
Ch. 12. Negotiations with friends --
Pt. 2. Terror (1928-38) --
Ch. 13. The nerves of Jerusalem --
Ch. 14. Hebron, 1929 --
Ch. 15. Breakfast at Chequers --
Ch. 16. Hamlet in Bir Zeit --
Ch. 17. Khalil al-Sakakini builds a home --
Ch. 18. Made in Palestine --
Ch. 19. The story of a donkey --
Ch. 20.Ireland in Palestine --
Pt. 3. Resolution (1939-48) --
Ch. 21. Hunting season --
Ch. 22. "Give me a country without wars" --
Ch. 23. The last salute
N2  - Great Britain ruled Palestine from 1917 to 1948. The British presence replaced 500 years of Turkish control and led to the State of Israel, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998. The British brought Palestine into the twentieth century. When they arrived the country lay in a Levantine nirvana; by the time they left it had become the arena for one of the century's major international conflicts. Among the personalities who shape this narrative are Lawrence of Arabia, Winston Churchill, the archaeologist Flinders Petrie, King Feisal, Chaim Weizmann and David Ben Gurion. One momentous consequence of these 30 years was that the Jewish population increased by a factor of ten
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