Bible and Sword; England and Palestine

Stock Code:
BAE0593
Price:
$12.50

Description

Bible and Sword : England and Palestine from Bronze Age to Balfour by Barbara W. Tuchman. 'From Barbara W. Tuchman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August, comes history through a wide-angle lens: a fascinating chronicle of Britain's long relationship with Palestine and the Middle East, from the ancient world to the twentieth century. Historically, the British were drawn to the Holy Land for two major reasons: first, to translate the Bible into English and, later, to control the road to India and access to the oil of the Middle East. With the lucidity and vividness that characterize all her work, Barbara W. Tuchman follows these twin spiritual and imperial motives--the Bible and the sword--to their seemingly inevitable endpoint, when Britain conquered Palestine at the conclusion of World War I. At that moment, in a gesture of significance and solemnity, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 established a British-sponsored mandate for a national home for the Jewish people. Throughout this characteristically vivid account, Tuchman demonstrates that the seeds of conflict were planted in the Middle East long before the official founding of the modern state of Israel. ' The book has light to medium general wear but remains tight and bright.

Details

  • Author:
    Tuchman, Barbara W.
  • Book Condition:
    Good
  • Publisher:
    Ballantine Books
  • Edition:
    Reprint
  • Jacket Condition:
    None
  • Binding:
    Soft Cover
  • Location:
    P7
  • ISBN:
    0345314271
  • Size:
    8vo
  • Pages:
    412
  • Publish Date:
    1984
Stock Level:
1 In Stock
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