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001 2008014389
003 DLC
005 20091230081950.0
008 080404s2008 vaua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008014389
020 $a9780981513171 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aDS126$b.E764 2008
082 00 $a956.94/04$222
100 1 $aEsber, Rosemarie M.
245 10 $aUnder the cover of war :$bthe Zionist expulsion of the Palestinians /$cRosemarie M. Esber.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aAlexandria, Virginia :$bArabicus Books & Media,$cc2008.
300 $axv, 439 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
520 $a"Under the Cover of War presents a critical examination of the last six months of the British Palestine mandate, November 1947 to mid-May 1948. Unpublished military and diplomatic sources and new, original refugee interviews support the Palestinians account of their Nakba (catastrophe)"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [408]-422).
505 0 $aThe creation of Palestinian refugees: a historical perspective -- Mandate Palestine: prelude to war and displacement -- Zionist militarism and Arab population "transfer" -- Creating a vacuum: the British withdrawal -- From provocation and reprisal to open warfare -- The collapse of the Palestinian Arab community -- The de-Arabization of Haifa -- "Cleansing" Jaffa and the Coastal Plain - The shattering of Arab Palestine -- A pattern and practice of iIntimidation and violence.
651 0 $aPalestine$xHistory$y1929-1948.
650 0 $aJewish-Arab relations$y20th century.
650 0 $aJews$zPalestine$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aJews$zPalestine$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
650 0 $aArabs$zPalestine$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aArabs$zPalestine$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
651 0 $aPalestine$xPolitics and government$y1917-1948.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
650 0 $aRefugees, Palestinian Arab$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aZionism$zPalestine$xHistory$y20th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0815/2008014389.html