The High Walls Of Jerusalem: A History Of The Balfour Declaration And The Birth Of The British Mandate For Palestine

The Balfour Declaration: its immediate import lay in its recognition of Zionist aspirations for a Jewish national home, but its long-run impact was to establish the political character of the Middle East as we know it today. Working from previously classified or otherwise unavailable archival materials and fluent  in the primary languages- Hebrew, French, and German as well as English- necessary for this research, Ronald Sanders has realized the definitive account of this critical turning point in history. His is a dramatic, informed, and vital story of how a handful of men and women moved a nation and, in the process, shaped the world we know today.