Israeli-Jordanian Dialogue, 1948-1953: Cooperation, Conspiracy or Collusion?

by Yoav Gelber

This book is a refutation of Professor Avi Shlaim's theory of an alleged collusion between the Jews and king Abdullah (Clarendon Press, 1998). Shlaim asserts that to further his own aims of creating a greater Jordanian empire, Abdullah conducted secret diplomacy with David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir and other Israeli leaders in self-serving maneuvers which hastened the partition of Palestine, and left more than a million Palestinian Arabs without a homeland...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845190440
• ISBN13: 9781845190446
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 8.8"