The end of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1948: the diary of Sir Henry Gurney

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Abstract

Henry Gurney was the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government of Palestine. From mid-March to mid-May 1948, at his HQ in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, he wrote his diary under fire from Jews and Arabs alike, with both groups taking aim at the British Administration as the Mandate drew to a close and the country spiralled into violence.
Original languageEnglish
Place of PublicationBasingstoke, England; New York
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Number of pages245
ISBN (Electronic)9780230244733
ISBN (Print)0230209866, 9780230209862
StatePublished - 2009

Publication series

NameSt Antony's Series
ISSN (Print)2633-5964

ULI Keywords

  • uli
  • Gurney, Henry -- 1898-1951 -- Diaries
  • Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • Eretz Israel -- History -- 1917-1948, British Mandate period
  • Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
  • Middle East -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
  • Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1945-
  • Eretz Israel -- History -- British Mandate period, 1917-1948
  • Eretz Israel -- History -- 1917-1948
  • Israel -- History -- 1917-1948
  • Eretz Israel -- History -- Mandate period

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