Awards
- Winner of Joint winner of the 1988 W. J. M. Mackenzie Prize awarded by the Political Studies Association.
Overview
In this reissue of the abridged paperback edition of his critically acclaimed Collusion Across the Jordan, Professor Shlaim chronicles King Abdullah's relationship with the Zionist movement from his appointment as Emir of Transjordan in 1921 to his assassination in 1951. Focusing on the events that led to the partition of Palestine, the author, a leading figure in the school of revisionist Israeli historians, challenges many of the myths and legends that have come to surround the first Arab-Israeli war and the creation of the State of Israel. For this reissue, Professor Shlaim has written a new Introduction, placing the book in the wider context of the on-going debate about 1948, and reflecting on the subsequent course of Israeli-Jordanian relations, which culminated in the signing of a peace treaty in 1994. This is a masterly and authoritative study, which not only illuminates the past, but adds substantially to our understanding of the present. It is essential reading for all those interested in the politics of the Middle East. Winner of the W. J. M. Mackenzie prize
Full Product Details
Author: Avi Shlaim (Professor of International Relations, Oxford University, and Fellow, Professor of International Relations, Oxford University, and Fellow, St Antony's College, Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: New ed of Abridged ed
Dimensions:
Width: 13.90cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.620kg
ISBN: 9780198294597
ISBN 10: 019829459
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 29 October 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
`offers a penetrating analysis of the Zionist/Israeli-Abdullah relationship, full of relevatons derived from Shlaim's extensive archival research and interviews with surviving political and miliatry fitures of the period ... lively recounting of secret correspondence and clandestine meetings ... Shlaim brings to life the day-to-day history of the pivotal period of Israel's birth' Neil Caplan, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol.36,No.2, 2001
offers a penetrating analysis of the Zionist/Israeli-Abdullah relationship, full of relevatons derived from Shlaim's extensive archival research and interviews with surviving political and miliatry fitures of the period ... lively recounting of secret correspondence and clandestine meetings ... Shlaim brings to life the day-to-day history of the pivotal period of Israel's birth Neil Caplan, Journal of Contemporary History, Vol.36,No.2, 2001
