Churchill's Promised Land: Zionism and Statecraft (Yale University Press)
Review "Churchill's Promised Land weaves a seamless web between diplomatic and intellectual history. Arresting, thoroughly documented, and at times startling, this will be the standard book on Churchill’s complex political and intellectual response to the Zionist project. This is the best kind of history: no axe to grind, guided by the sources, it is a work of genuine scholarship written by a discerning and curious historian."—Fouad Ajami, author of The Foreigner's Gift: The Americans,...
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A comprehensive examination of Churchill’s complex political, diplomatic, and intellectual response to Zionism
Preface ixAcknowledgments xiiiIntroduction 1Churchill's Worlds 9"The Lord Deals with the Nations as the Nations Dealt with the Jews," 1874-1914 38"Zionism versus Bolshevism," 1914-1921 69"Smiling Orchards," 1921-1929 98Together in the Wilderness, 1929-1939 140Champion in War, 1939-1945 171Zionist at the End, 1945-1955 227Conclusion 259Notes 267Bibliography 299Index 323
