By Tom Segev

The recent failure of the latest round of peace talks between Jews and Palestinians will provide added interest in and immediacy to this fascinating book. Israeli Segev, author of the acclaimed 1949 and The Seventh Million, looks at the period from 1917 to 1948, "an era of terror and promise," when Britain ruled over Palestine and the current conflicts of the area were germinating. Using archival records, diaries, and letters, Segev provides an incredibly detailed account of the historical roots of the animosity between the Jews and Arabs in Palestine. More than 700 years of Muslim rule ended when the British push into the Middle East in the early 1900s, bringing Palestine under its control. The region was promised to both Arabs and Jews, but British policy tended to favor the Jews following the Balfour Declaration. Eventually, aggressive Zionist efforts opened the country to Jewish immigration, providing shelter for Jews fleeing the Holocaust and setting up conditions for the inevitable conflict that followed and continues.

Published Date: 01/10/2001 Format: PaperBack ISBN: 0-8050-6587-3 Publisher: Owl Books Rating: Retail price: US Dollar $ 20.00 (Rs. 1,430.80) Our price: Rs. 1,095.00 You Save: Rs. 335.80 Reviews: 0 reivew(s).

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