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by Barbara W. Tuchman

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From Barbara W. Tuchman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Guns of August, comes history through a wide-angle lens: a fascinating chronicle of Britain's long relationship with Palestine and the Middle East, from the ancient world to the twentieth century.

Historically, the British were drawn to the Holy Land for two major reasons: first, to translate the Bible into English and, later, to control the road to India and access to the oil of the Middle East. With the lucidity and vividness that characterize all her work, Barbara W. Tuchman follows these twin spiritual and imperial motives--the Bible and the sword--to their seemingly inevitable endpoint, when Britain conquered Palestine at the conclusion of World War I. At that moment, in a gesture of significance and solemnity, the Balfour Declaration of 1917 established a British-sponsored mandate for a national home for the Jewish people. Throughout this characteristically vivid account, Tuchman demonstrates that the seeds of conflict were planted in the Middle East long before the official founding of the modern state of Israel.

Praise for Bible and Sword

"Tuchman is a wise and witty writer, a shrewd observer with a lively command of high drama."--The Philadelphia Inquirer

"In her mtier as a narrative popular historical writer, Barbara Tuchman is supreme."--Chicago Sun-Times

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  • Title Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
  • Author Barbara W. Tuchman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Random House Publishing Group, New York
  • Publication date 2014-05-01
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780345314277 / 0345314271
  • Weight 0.82 lbs (0.37 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.27 x 5.34 x 1.19 in (21.01 x 13.56 x 3.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Zionism - History, Great Britain - Relations - Palestine
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 83091154
  • Dewey Decimal Code 941

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“Tuchman is a wise and witty writer, a shrewd observer with a lively command of high drama.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer
 
“In her métier as a narrative popular historical writer, Barbara Tuchman is supreme.”—Chicago Sun-Times

About the author

Barbara W. Tuchman (1912-1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August--a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute.
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