Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour

by Barbara W. Tuchman

2021-01-01 05:55:11

In this acclaimed account, Barbara Tuchman reveals that today's troubles in the Middle East originated long before the first efforts at founding a modern state of Israel. Historically, the British were drawn to the Holy Land by two major influences: ... Read more

In this acclaimed account, Barbara Tuchman reveals that today's troubles in the Middle East originated long before the first efforts at founding a modern state of Israel.

Historically, the British were drawn to the Holy Land by two major influences: the translation of the Bible into English and, later, the imperial need to control the road to India and access to Middle East oil.

With the lucidity and vividness that characterizes her work, Barbara Tuchman brings to life the development of these dual motives--the Bible and the sword--in the consciousness of the British people, until they were finally brought together at the end of World War I, when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 established a British-sponsored national home for the modern survivors of the people of the Old Testament.


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ISBN9780345314277
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman (Jan 30, 1912 – Feb 6, 1989) was an American historian and author. She achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns o...

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