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My first post is a two-part exploration of my late grandfather Dr. Arthur Kessler’s concentration-camp diary of the Romanian Holocaust, published just last month by Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe, a series edited by the great Timothy Snyder…
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My first post is a two-part exploration of my late grandfather Dr. Arthur Kessler’s concentration-camp diary of the Romanian Holocaust, published just last month by Rochester Studies in East and Central Europe, a series edited by the great Timothy Snyder…
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Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict:
"What's great about Palestine 1936 is that you can read its account of the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt and plausibly see either side as the villains — or the heroes. This is reflected in the fact that many of the book’s starring historical figures acknowled"
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Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict:
"The best book on the 1936 Great Arab Revolt I ever read. I think that if you want to know about the Middle East Conflict that they should read this book. "
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Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict:
"The Catastrophic Blueprint
Oren Kessler’s Palestine 1936 is a work of historical journalism that is as compelling as it is crucial. It succeeds in excavating the 1936-1939 Arab Revolt from the strata of forgotten history and placing it where it belong" Read more of this review » |
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“On that system and by that faith there has been built out of the wreck of the Roman Empire the whole of our existing civilization.52”
― Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
― Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
“But Wauchope also took the Mandate’s “dual obligation” seriously. Soon after arriving in Jerusalem, he concluded that he needed an Arab—astute, discreet, and independent of mind and loyalties—among his advisors. He found one in Musa Alami, whom he named as a personal secretary for Arab affairs on the first day of 1933.67 For Alami, who had begun his civil service career under Bentwich, the appointment was the second time he would report to a senior official wholly committed to the Jewish national home. Wauchope was a rich bachelor with no need for a salary: Alami believed he probably spent far more than he was paid. An aristocrat and a humanist, his passions were music, theater, and books—not least the Bible. Alami could hardly find a single text on Palestine with which Wauchope was not acquainted.”
― Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
― Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
