Title Fabricating Israeli history : the 'new historians' / Efraim Karsh

Edition Second, revised edition Published London : Frank Cass, 2000

Table of Contents
	Preface to the Second Revised Edition					xv
	Maps					xli
	Introduction					1
1.	New Bottles - Sour Wine					9
		Old Merchandise Repackaged				16
		Archaic Fetishism of Facts				32
2.	'Falsifying the Record': Benny Morris, David Ben-Gurion, and the 'Transfer' Idea					37
		Rewriting Ben-Gurion				43
		Fabricating Protocols				51
		The Final Insult				59
3.	The Collusion that Never Was					69
		Looking in the Wrong Direction				72
		Miscomprehension of the Decision-Making Process				77
		The Abdullah-Meir Meeting: The Danin-Sasson Reports				86
		The Overlooked Document: Meir's Verbal Report				93
		The Jewish Agency and the Partition it Never Approved				96
		Transjordanian Annexation or an Independent Palestinian State?				100
		Old Hat, 'Revisionist' Feathers				103
4.	The Warning that Whitehall Never Gave					109
		Getting the Picture Wrong				112
		What Bevin Said and Did Not Say To Abul Huda				116
		The Warning that Bevin Never Gave				132
5.	Bevin and the Jews: Guardian Angel or Nemesis?					143
		Britain's Quest for 'Smaller Israel'				152
		Stunting the Population Growth of 'Smaller Israel'				160
		Saving the Arabs from Themselves				164
		Britain and the Arabs: Partners in Adversity				176
		Britain and the Jews: 'It's Not Personal - It's Strictly Business'				184
	Conclusions					195
	Afterword					205
	Index					233

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	956.9404 Kar/Fih 2000		AVAILABLE

Description xliv, 236 pages ; 23 cm Series Cass series in Israeli history, politics, and society Cass series--Israeli history, politics, and society. Contents 1. New bottles, sour wine -- Old merchandise repackaged -- Archaic fetishism of facts -- 2. 'Falsifying the record': Benny Morris, David Ben-Gurion, and the 'transfer' idea -- Rewriting Ben-Gurion -- Fabricating protocols -- The final insult -- 3. The collusion that never was -- Looking in the wrong direction -- Miscomprehension of the decision-making process -- The Abdullah-Meir meeting: the Danin-Sasson reports -- The overlooked document: Meir's verbal report -- The Jewish Agency and the partition it never approved -- Transjordan annexation or an independent Palestinian state? -- Old hat, 'revisionist' feathers -- 4. The warning that Whitehall never gave -- Getting the picture wrong -- What Bevin said and didnot say to Abul Huda -- The warning that Bevin never gave -- 5. Bevin and the Jews: guardian angel or nemesis? -- Britain's quest for 'smaller Israel' -- Stunting the population ge=rowth of 'smaller Israel' -- Saving the Arabs from themselves -- Britain and the Arabs: partners in adversity -- Britain and the Jews: 'it's not personal, it's strictly business' Notes Previous ed.: 1997 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949 -- Historiography. Jewish-Arab relations -- Historiography. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056684 -- Jordan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79072819 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046 Jordan -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00002770 -- Great Britain http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79023147 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046 Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097172 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046 LC no. 00035876 ISBN 0714650110 071468063X (paperback)

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