About the Author

Yoav Alon is a Lecturer in Middle Eastern History at the University of Tel Aviv

Reviews

"The product of extensive research and impeccable scholarship...the best account we have" - Professor Avi Shlaim, St Antony's College, Oxford "The scholarship is superb. Alon brings together a wide range of historical sources, in English, Arabic and Hebrew, many of which have never been used before, and offers a sophisticated, in-depth analysis of state formation in the mandate years." Professor Andrew Shyrock, University of Michigan "An impressive piece of work..a subtle study that gives due emphasis to the shifting complexities of its subject whilst emaining readable and accessible" Dr Philip Robbins, St Antony's College Oxford