The Royal Navy and the Palestine Patrol / Edition 1

by Ninian Stewart

Overview

This is an entirely new Naval Staff History covering the period immediately after the Second World War and the Royal Navy operations to prevent illegal Jewish immigration into Palestine, at the time under British Mandate from the United Nations. The Palestine Patrol, as it became known, illustrates clearly the problems facing navies conducting operations other than war; in particular those involving maritime embargo measures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714652108
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/27/2002
Series:	Naval Staff Histories
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Stewart, Ninian

Table of Contents

The Royal Navy has for the first time given an official account of the interception in 1947 of the refugee ship Exodus, which prevented nearly 5,000 Jews from escaping to British-controlled Palestine after the Second World War

- The Times



"Meticulously researched and records the naval events for the first time. In the light of the current problems of illegal immigration from the sea taking place in various parts of the world, it is extremely relevant today. Recommended."

- Warship World

Editorial Reviews

This volume examines the history of British naval operations to restrict illegal immigration to Palestine. It describes the professional demands of such operations and shows how they were successfully handled with minimum force. Fifteen pages of black and white photographs support the text, and appendices include lists of illegal immigrant ships, sabotage operations, the Balfour Declaration, a description of the transfer of duty to the Palestine police, and a discussion of the Arab reaction to the partitioning of Palestine. Stewart worked for the Royal Navy and, later, the Naval Historical Branch of the Ministry of Defense. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'...a much needed contribution to the history of the British mandate in Palestine.' - War In History

'[This book] is dryly written, densely factual and makes a serious effort to be impartial ... a valuable, unusual account of that memorable odyssey.' - Zionism, Israel and the Middle East

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