The End of the British Mandate for Palestine, 1948: The Diary of Sir Henry Gurney (St. Antony's Series)

This book deals with the last days of the British Empire in Palestine, December 1947 -- May 1948. The study based on the diary of the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government, Sir Henry Gurney. In many ways, Palestine of 1948 was a microcosm of the British Empire on the eve of its disappearance from the international arena. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Perspectives List......Page 7 List of Illustrations......Page 8 List of Maps......Page 9 Abbreviations and Terms......Page 10 Acknowledgments......Page 12 He fell in the line of duty.........Page 14 Fadeout, nerves, terror......Page 20 His hatred......Page 23 The diary of Henry Gurney......Page 25 Real Time and Researcher’s Time......Page 36 Annotated Diary and Perspectives......Page 37 His sons......Page 224 Malaya... and Palestine......Page 227 Biographical Notes......Page 231 Bibliography......Page 241 A......Page 246 B......Page 247 D......Page 248 H......Page 249 J......Page 251 K......Page 252 M......Page 253 P......Page 254 S......Page 255 U......Page 256 Y......Page 257 Z......Page 258 "This book deals with the last days of the British Empire in Palestine, December 1947 -- May 1948. The study based on the diary of the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government, Sir Henry Gurney. In many ways, Palestine of 1948 was a microcosm of the British Empire on the eve of its disappearance from the international arena."--pub. desc Henry Gurney was the last Chief Secretary of the Mandate Government of Palestine. From mid-March to mid-May 1948, at his HQ in Jerusalem's King David Hotel, he wrote his diary under fire from Jews and Arabs alike, with both groups taking aim at the British Administration as the Mandate drew to a close and the country spiralled into violence.