London : Bloomsbury, 2010.

xxix, 432 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-416) and index.

Postlude as prelude -- Palestine before World War I -- "Ottomanism," "Arabism" and Sharif Hussein -- First steps towards the Arab revolt -- The next steps -- The Hussein-McMahon correspondence -- The Sykes-Picot agreement -- The revolt begins -- Prewar British Jews -- Weizmann's first steps -- The "assimilationists" -- The road forks -- Forging the British-Zionist connection -- Defining the British-Arab connection -- Managing the British-Zionist connection -- Sokolow in France and Italy -- Revelation of the Sykes Picot agreement -- British Muslims, the Anglo-Ottoman society and the disillusioning of Marmaduke Pickthall -- The curious venture of J.R. Pilling -- Henry Morgenthau and the deceiving of Chaim Weizmann -- The man who was "Greenmantle" -- The Zaharoff gambit -- The ascendency of Chaim Weizmann -- Lawrence and the Arabs on the verge -- The declaration at last -- The declaration endangered -- A drawing together of threads.

Balfour Declaration.

Zionism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.

Zionism -- History -- 20th century.

Palestine -- History -- 1917-1948.

Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Turkey.

Turkey -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.

Arab-Israeli conflict.

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