Books on The British Mandate

Biographies and memoirs

Period novels

Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction Books on The British Mandate of Palestine

This is a real mixed bag and I may break it down into categories later - but for now it includes any books that don't fit into the other two categories.

Book Title

Author

Comments

No of
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Reviews

Publisher

ISBN

A Survey of Palestine in two volumes plus supplement

The Palestine Government

Prepared Dec 1945 and Jan 1946 for UN Special Committee on Palestine Supplement Jun 1947

0

Reissued by The Institute for Palestine Studies

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The Palestine Triangle

Bethell, Nicholas

Struggle for the land 1935-1948

0

Putnam

-

The Transfer Agreement

Black, Edwin

An account of the Pact between the Third Reich & Jewish Palestine for transferring Jews to Palestine

0

Brookline Books

1-57129-077

Israel's Secret Wars
Black, Ian and Morris, Benny
History of Jewish Intelligence Service. Chs 1 & 2 most relevant

0

Warner Books

-

The Brigade

Blum, Howard

Useful for the role of Palestinian Jewish soldiers in WW2

0

Harper Collins

-

By Blood and Fire

Clarke, Thurston

The Attack on the King David

o

Hutchinson

-

O Jerusalem

Collins, Larry and Lapierre, Dominique

The Siege of Jerusalem

0

Weidenfeld & Nicholson

-

Round about Palestine

Ennis Rev A R

1942 Guidebook

0

YMCA

-

Jerusalem in the 20th Century

Gilbert, Martin

history

0

Chatto and Windus

0701130709

A Job well Done

Horne, Edward

A History of the Palestine Police Force 1920-1948

0

Anchor Press

-

Before their Diaspora

Khalidi, Walid

A Photographic History of the Palestinians 1876-1948

0

Institute for Palestine Studies

-

All that Remains

Edited by Khalidi, Walid

The Palestinian Villages occupied and depopulated in 1948

0

Institute for Palestine Studies

-

City of Oranges

LeBor, Adam

Arabs and Jews in Jaffa

0

Bloomsbury

-

Comrades and Enemies

Lockman, Zachary

Arab and Jewish Workers in Palestine 1906-1948

o

California

-

The Arab Legion 1923-1967

Lunt, James

Mostly about Transjordan, but parts very relevant

0

Constable

-

The Palestine Guide

Matson, Olaf

5 editions -last 1946

0

Joshua Simons

-

Britain, The United States and the End of the Palestine Mandate

Ovendale, Ritchie


0

Royal Historical Society

0861932145

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

Pappe, Ilan


0

oneworld/Oxford

13978185168467

Cities of the World - Jerusalem

Perowne, Stewart


0

J M Dent and Sons

-

One Palestine Complete

Segev, Tom

Jews and Arabs under the British Mandate

0

Little , Brown and Company

-

The Secret of Co-existence

Sharfman Daphna, Machmias Eli, Mansour, Johnny

Jews and Arabs in Haifa 1920-1948

0

Booksurge

-

Stranger in the House

Shehadeh, Raja

Ch1 and back-story bits throughout

0

Profile Books Ltd

Mandate Days

Sherman A.J.

British Lives in Palestine 1918-1948. Some useful original material and illustrations

0

Thames and Hudson

0500251169

Orientations

Storrs, Sir Ronald

Chs 12-17 most relevant

0

Ivor Nicholson & Watson

Stranger in the House

Shehadeh, Raja

Ch1, and back-story bits throughout

0

Profile Books Ltd

-

Crossroads to Israel (Palestine from Balfour to Bevin)

Sykes, Christopher

History of Zionism and Palestine under British Mandate. A very balanced account.

0

Collins

-

Jerusalem

Walker J.B.

A 1919 Guidebook for British troops

0

YMCA

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