by Monty Noam Penkower (Author)
Seventy years after the creation of the State of Israel, Palestine to Israel: Mandate to State, 1945-1948 offers the definitive narrative of the achievement of Jewish sovereignty in the beleaguered Promised Land. Extensive primary research and a lucid prose make Professor Monty Noam Penkower's account a riveting reading experience.
Author Biography
Monty Noam Penkower is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History at the Machon Lander Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem. Palestine to Israel: Mandate to State, 1945-1948 completes his trilogy on the rise of the State of Israel, preceded by Palestine in Turmoil: The Struggle for Sovereignty, 1933-1939 and Decision on Palestine Deferred: America, Britain and Wartime Diplomacy, 1939-1945.