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The end of the British mandate for Palestine, 1948 : the diary of Sir Henry Gurney / [edited by] Motti Golani.
- Title
- The end of the British mandate for Palestine, 1948 : the diary of Sir Henry Gurney / [edited by] Motti Golani.
- Author
- Gurney, Henry, 1898-1951.
- Publication
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | DA566.9.G89 A3 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Golani, Moṭi
- Description
- 245 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This book deals with the last days of the British Empire in Palestine, December 1947 -- May 1948. The study based on the diary of the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government, Sir Henry Gurney. In many ways, Palestine of 1948 was a microcosm of the British Empire on the eve of its disappearance from the international arena."--pub. desc.
- Series Statement
- St Antony's series
- Subject
- Gurney, Henry, 1898-1951 > Diaries
- Geschichte 1948
- Since 1917
- Geschichte 1948
- Colonial administrators > Great Britain > Biography
- Jews > Palestine > History > 1917-1948
- Palestine > History > 1917-1948 > Sources
- Middle East > Politics and government > 1945-
- Great Britain > Foreign relations > Middle East
- Middle East > Foreign relations > Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Diaries
- History
- Sources
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Diary and the Diarist -- He fell in the line of duty -- Fadeout, nerves, terror -- His hatred -- diary of Henry Gurney -- Real Time and Researcher's Time -- Annotated Diary and Perspectives -- His sons -- Malaya...and Palestine.
- ISBN
- 9780230209862 (alk. paper)
- 0230209866 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2009013620
- OCLC
- 294885563
- SCSB-11353410
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library