Oct 23, 2017 avi shlaim is professor emeritus of international relations at the university of oxford and a fellow of the british academy. Nov 06, 2020 collusion across the jordan by avi shlaim, 1988, columbia university press edition, in english. Collusion across the jordan king abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of palestine. He is now a professor of international relations at st antonys college, oxford.
This book chronicles king abdullahs relationship with the zionist movement from his appointment as emir of transjordan in 1921 to his assassination in 1951. King abdullah, the zionisi movement, and the partition of palestine new york. Antonys college, oxford, and the author of a number of books, including collusion across the jordan. Yehuda lukacs, israel, jordan and the peace process syracuse.
Collusion across the jordan cloth by shlaim, a isbn. Nov 04, 1999 in collusion across the jordan oxford university press, 1988, avi shlaim, using archival sources, contended that in november 1947, abdullah and the jewish agency secretly arrived at an unwritten agreement to partition palestine among themselves. King abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of palestine. Avi shlaim is the alastair buchan reader in international relations at the university of oxford and a. King abdullah, the zionist movement and the partition of palestine. In collusion across the jordan, avi shlaim maintains that in 1947 a secret agreement was entered into by king abdullah of jordan and the jewish agency executive jae in jerusalem. King abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of palestine new york. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mackenzie prize the politics of partition 1990 and 1998 war and peace in the middle east. In it he examined the controversy that the early zionists colluded with the arab hashemite regime in amman to divide palestine. The iron wall ebook by avi shlaim 9780141976785 rakuten. His previous books include collusion across the jordan winner of the 1998 political studies associations w. Avi shlaim was born in baghdad in 1945 and grew up in israel. Israel and the arab world and collusion across the jordan.
Conflict, 1948516, and my own collusion across the jordan. Collusion across the jordan by avi shlaim, 1988, columbia university press edition, in english. Mackenzie prize the politics of partition 1990 and 1998. The eec and eastern europe9781844676569, the cold war and the middle east9780141033228, israel and palestine9780140245646, the politics of partition9780393346862, collusion across the jordan 9780141017280, war and peace in the middle east97807997774, etc. The jewish agency in particular abhorred such a possibility, asserting that the creation of a palestinian state would perpetuate the ideological conflict in palestine. King abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of palestine oxford.
King abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of palestine 9780231068383. Ever since then he has studied the arabisraeli conflict and was most recently professor of international relations at oxford. May 12, 1988 collusion across the jordan by avi shlaim, 97801982783, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. This chapter examines the changes in king abdullahs strategy after the resumption of the arabisraeli war. Meant to become operative at the end of the british mandate over palestine, it would deceive the arabs, cheat them out of their proposed palestinian state, and. His main research interest is the arabisraeli conflict. The weakness of the arab legion and the prospect of its annihilation in renewed fighting in palestine provided king abdullah a powerful incentive to negotiate with the israelis.
His biography of king hussein is widely regarded as the best study of the kings life and role in the region. Aug 18, 2020 collusion across the jordan king abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of palestine this edition was published in 1988 by columbia university press in new york. The debate about 1948 international journal of middle east. King abdullah, the zionists, and palestine, 19211951 new york, 1990. A concise history 1995 the cold war and the middle east coeditor, 1997. Shlaim is no newcomer to the jordan israel relationship. Conquerors, my son, consider as true history only what. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read lion of jordan. Nov 28, 2009 avi shlaim burst upon the scene of middle eastern history in 1988, with the publication of collusion across the jordan.
Mar 31, 2021 shlaim s part in this debate was a thoughtprovoking book entitled collusion across the jordan. Lost opportunities for peace in the arab israeli con. His collusion across the jordan which is largely based on hitherto unavailable source materials is a lucid and meticulous study of the 30year political relationship between the zionist later israeli leadership on one side of the river jordan and the emir later king abdullah on the other, ending only with the assassination of. His previous books include collusion across the jordan 1988 and war and peace in the middle east 1995. He is originally a rich iraqi who migrated to israel in 1950 when he was five years old. He also argued that britain knew and approved of this jordanianzionist understanding, preferring.
He enlisted in the israeli forces and confesses that one of his mistakes was to vote for the likud party as most jews from the arab world. Shlaim was born to wealthy jewish parents in baghdad, iraq. King abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of palestine 1988, notoriously contends that husseins grandfather abdullah reached a secret deal with the zionist leadership to carve up mandate palestine and deny the palestinians their independence. In collusion across the jordan, he turns his attention to the late 1940s, a crucial period in the middle east. Collusion across the jordan king abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of palestine this edition was published in 1988 by columbia university press in new york. King abdullah, the zionist movement and the partition of palestine first edition by shlaim, avi isbn. Rewriting the history of 1948 and the author of, among other works, the iron wall. Israeli complaints about egyptian interference with free passage, see scor. Avi shlaim was born in baghdad and grew up in israel. According to yoav gelber, shlaim s claim that there was a deliberate and premeditated antipalestinian collusion between the jewish agency and king abdullah, is unequivocally refuted by the documentary evidence on the development of contacts between israel and jordan before, during and after the war. The fall of the new city 19471950 badil resource center for. Avi shlaim, professor of international relations at the university of oxford, has specialized in british foreign policy and cold war crises. On 27 september 2017, shlaim was awarded the british academy medal for lifetime achievement.
Death of normalization 95 it clear that the peace treaty was his. In 1951 shlaim s father was one of 100,000 jews who. However, the israelis were in no particular hurry to enter negotiations and under no pressure to make any. The iron wall revisited journal of palestine studies. Avi shlaim is an israeli british neohistorian who had criticised the zionist movement. Jan 01, 2012 avi shlaim a vi s hlaim is a professor of international relations at st.
Working from british, american, arabic, and israeli. Avi shlaim is professor of international relations at st. King abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of palestine shlaim, avi on. King abdullah, the zionist movement and the partition of palestine winner of the 1988 political studies associations w. Collusion across the jordan by avi shlaim, collusion across the jordan books available in pdf, epub, mobi format. His father was an importer of building materials with ties to the iraqi leadership, including thenprime minister nuri alsaid the iraqi jews situation became problematic with israels war of independence in 1948. The book for which he is best known, collusion across the jordan. Search result for avi shlaim books free download ebooks. Shlaims part in this debate was a thoughtprovoking book entitled collusion across the jordan.
The middle east was one of the major theaters for the cold war, the principal source of energy of the west, and a strategically central region in geopolitical terms. Conquerors, my son, consider as true history only what they. Download collusion across the jordan books, this book is an account of the highly secret relationship between abdullah, the hashemite ruler of jordan, and the zionist movement. Focusing on the events that led to the partition of palestine, the book challenges many of the myths and legends that have come to surround the first arabisraeli war and the creation of the state of israel. King abdullah, the zionist movement, and the partition of. Shlaim, a professor of international relations at oxford university, is the editor of the war for palestine. Shlaim s part in this debate was a thoughtprovoking book entitled collusion across the jordan. In his book collusion across the jordan, avi shlaim details the secret meetings and agreements between the jewish agency and king abdullah of transjordan. The shattering impact of that era still destabilizes the region and destroys lives. The term revisionists in the zionist lexicon refers to the rightwing followers of. Avi shlaim is the alastair buchan reader in international relations at oxford university and a professorial. Collusion across the jordan 1988 edition open library. The rise and fall of the allpalestine government in gaza. The debate about 1948 international journal of middle.
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