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Churchill and the Jews : a lifelong friendship / Martin Gilbert.

by Gilbert, Martin, 1936-

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New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2007.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Zionism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948.

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Palestine.

Palestine -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.

Israel -- History.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007014812.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007014812-b.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007014812-d.html

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0801/2007014812-s.html

xix, 359 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Early years : "This monstrous conspiracy" -- Supporting the Jews -- The First World War and its aftermath -- "A struggle for the soul of the Jewish people" -- Responsibility for the Jewish national home -- Pledges in Jerusalem -- Building on the Balfour declaration -- An anti-semitic libel, Palestine, and Moses -- The rise of Hitler -- Defender of zionism -- The partition debate: "a counsel of despair" -- Nazism rampant: "abominable persecution" -- Palestine the legitimate Jewish haven -- The Black Paper: "this mortal blow" -- The first nine months of war -- Prime Minister: the Palestine dimension -- "These vile crimes" -- Palestine: a vigilant eye -- Seeking to save Jews -- "If our dreams of Zionism are to end ..." -- The Saudi Arabian dimension -- From war to peace: "I shall continue to do my best" -- The King David Hotel bomb: "We are to be at war with the Jews of Palestine" -- "A senseless, squalid war with the Jews" -- The state of Israel established: "an event in world history" -- "An old Zionist like me" -- "A great nation".

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