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The Politics of Partition: King Abdullah, the Zionists, and Palestine 1921-1951
Avi Shlaim
Abstract
This book chronicles King Abdullah's relationship with the Zionist movement from his appointment as Emir of Transjordan in 1921 to his assassination in 1951. Focusing on the events that led to the partition of Palestine, the book challenges many of the myths and legends that have come to surround the first Arab-Israeli war and the creation of the State of Israel. This edition of the text includes a new Introduction, placing the book in the wider context of the on-going debate about 1948, and reflecting on the subsequent course of Israeli-Jordanian relations, which culminated in the signing of ... More
Keywords: King Abdullah, Zionist movement, Emir of Transjordan, assassination, partition of Palestine, Arab-Israeli war, Israel, Israeli-Jordanian relations, peace treaty
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 1998 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198294597 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198294597.001.0001 |
