A Clash of Destinies:: The Arab-Jewish War and the Founding of the State of Israel

by Jon Kimche, David Kimche

Overview

Founded on a vast amount of research and personal interviews, as well as direct involvement in the Palestine War (1947-1948), the authors have written a book on this much disputed subject which presents a few new theories and outlooks.

With minute detail, they treat and trace the history, preambles, development, and actualities of the war, and include several maps of the strategic areas and manoeuvres of the battles. Pinpointing the central and most significant personalities of the war, this is a book which should and will find a great reading audience all over the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789126945
Publisher:	Valmy Publishing
Publication date:	07/23/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	238
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

JON KIMCHE (1909-1994) was a journalist and historian. A Swiss Jew, he arrived in England at the age of 12, becoming involved in the Independent Labour Party as a young man. In the early war years, contributed articles on military strategy to the Evening Standard, and in 1942, on the recommendation of Michael Foot, was hired by Aneurin Bevan as de facto editor of the weekly Tribune. He left Tribune to join Reuters in 1945 but returned in 1946, though by now his primary interest was in the Middle East and the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine. As an analyst of Middle Eastern politics, he authored several books and numerous articles. He was editor of the Jewish Observer and Middle East Review for 15 years and Middle East correspondent of the Evening Standard until 1973. He was one of the original senior members of the Next Century Foundation. He died on March 9, 1994, aged 84.

DAVID KIMCHE (1928-2010) was an Israeli diplomat, deputy director of the Mossad, spymaster and journalist. He was president of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the steering committee of the International Alliance for Arab-Israel Peace. Born on February 14, 1928 in London, England, he earned an M.A. (cum laude) and a Ph.D. in international relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also studied at the Centre de Hautes Etudes Administratives sur l’Afrique et l’Asie Modernes (C.H.E.A.M.) of the University of Paris. He was Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1980-1987, and appointed ambassador-at-large of the State of Israel in 1987. In 1989, he founded the Israel Council on Foreign Relations. He was a member of the board of governors and management committee of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, board of governors of the Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace in Jerusalem, and board of directors of Maariv, a daily Tel Aviv newspaper. He died on March 8, 2010, aged 82.