MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2009040007
003 DLC
005 20120302115228.0
008 090925s2010 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009040007
020 $a9781400065325 (acid-free paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aDS125.5$b.S366 2010
082 00 $a956.04$222
100 1 $aSchneer, Jonathan.
245 14 $aThe Balfour Declaration :$bthe origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict /$cJonathan Schneer.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2010.
300 $axxix, 432 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [409]-416) and index.
505 0 $aPostlude as prelude -- Palestine before World War I -- "Ottomanism," "Arabism" and Sharif Hussein -- First steps towards the Arab revolt -- The next steps -- The Hussein-McMahon correspondence -- The Sykes-Picot agreement -- The revolt begins -- Prewar British Jews -- Weizmann's first steps -- The "assimilationists" -- The road forks -- Forging the British-Zionist connection -- Defining the British-Arab connection -- Managing the British-Zionist connection -- Sokolow in France and Italy -- Revelation of the Sykes Picot agreement -- British Muslims, the Anglo-Ottoman society and the disillusioning of Marmaduke Pickthall -- The curious venture of J.R. Pilling -- Henry Morgenthau and the deceiving of Chaim Weizmann -- The man who was "Greenmantle" -- The Zaharoff gambit -- The ascendency of Chaim Weizmann -- Lawrence and the Arabs on the verge -- The declaration at last -- The declaration endangered -- A drawing together of threads.
630 00 $aBalfour Declaration.
650 0 $aZionism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aZionism$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aPalestine$xHistory$y1917-1948.
651 0 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zTurkey.
651 0 $aTurkey$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aArab-Israeli conflict.