Origins and Evolution of the Arab-Zionist Conflict

Michael J. Cohen is Professor of History at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His most recent book is Churchill and the Jews.

• List of Maps List of Documents Preface CHAPTER ONEArab Nationalism and British Promises of Independence During World War IIntellectual and Political Developments Before 1914 Husayn and the Arab National Movement The Husayn-McMahon Correspondence, July 1915--January 1916 The British Promise, 24 October 1915 A Summary Evaluation of the Correspondence CHAPTER TWOZionism and the Balfour Declaration Emancipation and Anti-Semitism Political Zionism The Balfour Declaration The Drafting and Significance of the Declaration The Balfour Declaration Assessed, and Compared with the Husayn-McMahon Correspondence CHAPTER THREEMandatory Problems, 1920-1945Britain's Middle Eastern Empire Britain's Quest for Legitimacy The Palestinian Arabs: Political and Socioeconomic Upheaval The Zionists' Progress Crossroads in the 1930s The Arab Rebellion The 1939 White Paper and World War II CHAPTER FOURFrom Mandate to Independence, 1945-1948The Power Vacuum in 1945 The Search for an Anglo-American Consensus Zionist Rebellion Arab Disarray The British Decision to Surrender the Mandate The UN Partition Resolution, November 1947 The Establishment of the State of Israel Documents GlossarySuggested Reading Index