{"product_id":"the-end-of-the-british-mandate-for-palestine-1948-the-diary-of-sir-henry-gurney-9780230209862","title":"The End of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1948: The Diary of Sir Henry Gurney","description":"Henry Gurney was the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government of Palestine. From mid-March to mid-May 1948, at his HQ in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, he wrote his diary under fire from Jews and Arabs alike, with both groups taking aim at the British Administration as the Mandate drew to a close and the country spiralled into violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Motti Golani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/21\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780230209862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMOTTI GOLANI is Historian of the British Mandate and Israel at the University of Haifa, Israel and a former Senior Member at St. Antony's College, Oxford. His books include: \u003cem\u003eIsrael in Search of a War, Sinai Campaign, 1955-1956, Wars Don't Just Happen', Israeli memory, power and free will, \u003c\/em\u003e and forthcoming, \u003cem\u003eThe Last Commissioner of Judah: Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham in Palestine, 1945-1948\u003c\/em\u003e, to be published by the Weizmann Institute of Tel Aviv University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45511560527987,"sku":"9780230209862","price":101.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_cbae4f0b-c914-4cc3-a06c-e50242b911d7.jpg?v=1789644197","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-end-of-the-british-mandate-for-palestine-1948-the-diary-of-sir-henry-gurney-9780230209862","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}