Unexpected State : British Politics and the Creation of Israel
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Middle East Studies
ISBN-10
0253046416
ISBN-13
9780253046413
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Imprint
Indiana University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 3rd, 2020
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
346 grams
Dimensions
15.00 x 22.90 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Middle Eastern historySocial & cultural historyThe Cold WarJewish studies
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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. Drawing on foreign policy analysis and previously unused archival sources, Unexpected State considers the strategic interests, the high-stakes international diplomacy, and the tangle of political maneuvering in Westminster that determined the future of Palestine. Contrary to established literature, Beckerman argues that British policy toward the territory was dominated by seemingly unrelated domestic and international political battles that left little room for considerations of Zionist or Palestinian interests and arguments. Beckerman instead shows how the policy process was aimed at resolving issues such as coalition feuds, party leadership battles, spending cuts, and riots in India. 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 that would have global implications for decades to come.
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