{"product_id":"the-balfour-declaration-empire-the-mandate-and-resistance-in-palestine-9781786632470","title":"The Balfour Declaration: Empire, the Mandate and Resistance in Palestine","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe true history of the imperial deal that transformed the Middle East and sealed the fate of Palestine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 2 November 1917, the British government, represented by Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour, declared it was in favour of \"the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.\" This short note would become one of the most controversial documents of its time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hundred years later, Bernard Regan recounts the composition of the Balfour Declaration as one of the major events in the history of the Middle East. Offering new insights into the imperial rivalries between Britain, Germany and the Ottomans, Regan exposes British policy in the region as part of a larger geopolitical game. Yet, even then, the course of events was not straightforward, and Regan charts the debates within the British government, the Zionist movement, and the Palestinian groups struggling for self-determination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe after-effects of these events are still being felt today. Bernard Regan's urgent, timely history excavates the origins of the current crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781786632470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Bernard Regan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43271960297653,"sku":"9781786632470","price":22.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_31daf894-97c8-46c9-b022-ea60bc9f70bc.jpg?v=1699959136","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-balfour-declaration-empire-the-mandate-and-resistance-in-palestine-9781786632470","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}