Jerusalem in the Twentieth Century

by Gilbert, Martin

• ISBN13: 9780471283287
• ISBN10: 0471283282
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-06
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

From one of the world's most revered historians, the first major history of contemporary Jerusalem"Gilbert is a first-rate storyteller." -The Wall Street Journal"Fascinating and admirably readable . . . unmatched for sheer breadth of acutely observed historical detail." -Christopher Walker, The Times (London)"Most noteworthy for its richness of letters, journals and anecdotes . . . the major events of this century come alive in eyewitness accounts." -The New York Times Book Review"Extraordinarily vivid glimpses of Jerusalem life." -Atlanta Journal Constitution

Author Biography

SIR MARTIN GILBERT is one of the world's preeminent biographers and historians. In addition to his universally acclaimed biography of Churchill, he is the author of In Search of Churchill (Wiley); The First World War; The Second World War: A Complete History; Auschwitz and the Allies; and Holocaust: The History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War. A Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, he divides his time between London and Jerusalem.

Table of Contents

Awakenings, 1900-1909.

Conflicts, 1910-1914.

War, 1914-1917.

The British Conquest, December 1917.

British Military Rule, 1918-1919.

In Search of Equilibrium, 1920-1921.

The First Six Years of the British Mandate, 1922-1929.

The Riots of 1929.

The Search for Normality, 1930-1936.

The Riots of 1936 and Their Aftermath.

The Second World War, 1939-1945.

A City in Turmoil, 1945-1947.

The Last Four and a Half Months of British Rule, January-May 1948.

Two Weeks of War, 14-29 May 1948.

Truce, Violence, Armistice and Renewal, June 1948 to December 1949.

A Tale of Two Cities, 1950-1967.

The Six-Day War, June 1967.

Reunification: The First Two Years, 1967-1969.

The Search for Harmony, 1970-1980.

From Annexation to Intifada, 1980-1989.

Towards the Twenty-First Century: Struggle, Uncertainty and Hope.

Bibliography.

Maps.

Index.