A Senseless, Squalid War' makes a dramatic and original contribution to our understanding of one of the most deep-rooted and controversial international problems that continues to baffle and bedevil us to this day.
Norman Rose is a graduate of the LSE and now holds the Chair of International Relations at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. A distinguished historian and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is also the author of much acclaimed biographies of Winston Churchill, Chaim Weitzman and Harold Nicholson, as well as a study of the Cliveden Set.
Rose's account vividly records the experiences of people embroiled
in problems of governance and territorial rights which are still
proving intractable 60 years later
*Sunday Times*
This is a fascinating book
*Daily Telegraph*
Excellent new history of the Mandate of Palestine offers a detailed
account of the final years of British rule
*Times Literary Supplement*
A scholarly book... but no dry academic account
*Upfront*
Norman Rose's excellent new history of the Mandate of Palestine
offers a detailed account of the final years of British rule...
Rose's history should be read by anyone interested in the history
of Palestine, as well as anyone who wishes to understand how not to
wage a successful counter-insurgency
*Times Literary Supplement*
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