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Description
Ottoman Turkey's decision to ally with Germany in the First World War led directly to the British (and French) conquest of the Middle East and sealed the fate of Palestine. In a monstrous betrayal of its people (93% of them Arab) the November 1917 Balfour Declaration withheld the independence they rightly anticipated and, for strategic reasons, earmarked Palestine as a National Home for the Jewish People. The result was the foundation of Israel in 1948. Through ethnic cleansing and massacre, the new state drove out helpless Palestinian victims. They were condemned to refugee camps or to second-class citizenship of Israel. This book chronicles the history of Britain's role in the Middle East.
About the Author
Richard Long spent 26 years in eight Middle East countries with the Foreign Office and British Council. Subsequently Director of Islamic Studies at Newcastle University, he now writes and lectures on the history of Britain at the end of empire in the Middle East. This is his fifth book.