About this title: With the lucidity and vividness that characterize all her work, two-time Pulitzer Prize winning historian, Barbara Tuchman, explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state--and to many of the problems that plague the Middle East today. "Barbara Tuchman is a wise and witty writer, a shrewd observer with a lively command of high drama." PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345314277ISBN:0345314271
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Underlining in text. Cover on this edition differs from what is being shown. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 412 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine creased/ several pages and page tips creased/ several pages have underlining and margin notes/ page edges yellowed. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 1956
ISBN-13:9780345314277ISBN:0345314271
Description: Good+ with no dust jacket; Cover wear with some light creasing on the front cover and the bottom front corner beginning to peel. Possibly missing front end page. Binding tight, text clean. 0345314271; 14929. 8vo 8"-9" tall; 349 pages; J-2-20-09. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345314277ISBN:0345314271
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Spine straight w/o creases, binding tight, no reader/remainder/library marks, covers/pgs flat, w/slight corner bump/crease, mild shelf wear. 412 numbered pgs., Audience: General/trade. Photos or other information available by e-mail. Daily orders/e-mail responses. E-mail confirmation of shipment. Check our feedback. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345314277ISBN:0345314271
Description: Very Good ++ Trade paperback, later printing, xvi + 412 pages; tiny corner bumps, several pages with corner bumps/creases, otherwise unread/unused condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345314277ISBN:0345314271
Description: Good-Used in None as Issued jacket. / 0345314271. GOOD CONDITION. 1984 TEXT is clean and without marks or highlighting pages lightly aged. BINDING is tight and square COVER has minor edge wear; cover has handling creases. corners bent up very slightly. prompt shipping, good service, careful packing. free Delivery Confirmation. read more
Description: NY: Knopf 1956, HB, 412p., vg/vg, dustjacket is priceclipped and now in mylar, light scuffing to pale yellow dustjacket, possible book club edition due to smaller hardbound size. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780345314277ISBN:0345314271
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Minerva Press
Date Published: 1968
Description: Good. Spine creased. 316z Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: Fine. 1st trade pbk edition. Excellent condition. Appears unread. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are very nice and clean. Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345314277ISBN:0345314271
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Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: New York University Press
Date Published: 1956
Description: Very Good. First Edition. 1st edition; Hardback, No dustcover; Tan cloth binding with gilt title on front board and spine; Spine a bit worn and faded; else All in very good condition. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780345314277ISBN:0345314271
Description: Acceptable. Light cover wear, pages are in good condition. There is a water mark on the first 5 pages on the inside edge next to the spine. read more
"Fascinating account of the ties between England and the Holy Land ranging from the Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade in the 12th Century to the First World War and the Balfour Declaration of 1917 establishing a Jewish Homeland (the basis of modern Israel)."
"The book is a little unfinished for the modern reader as it ends in 1956 and Ms. Tuchman had no way of knowing how the state of Israel would develop. Still the premise and scholarship are both A1. She traces the history of England's connection to Palestine and the Jewish people from mythical pre Roman times right up to the partition of 1947. The twists and turns are fascinating and I recommend this book which is readable even to those who might not go in with a lot of knowledge on the subjects and figures presented."
"Very interesting book. If you read her later books, you can tell this is her first attempt, but its still very good. I thought it was interesting how Christianity's importance ebbed and flowed- in in the 1600s, out in the 1700s, in in the 1800s, back out toward the end of the century. Barbara Tuchman wrote this from a Jewish perspective, and writes about 30 times that the Christians were crazy for ever thinking Jews would convert to Christianity (thereby fulfilling New Testament prophecy), but they were instrumental in getting the Jewish people their homeland (which fulfilled part of the prophecy) against all odds."
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