Palestine to Israel: Mandate to State, 1945-1948 (Volume I)

Monty Noam Penkower is Professor Emeritus of Jewish History at the Machon Lander Graduate School of Jewish Studies, Jerusalem. Palestine to Israel: Mandate to State, 1945-1948 completes his trilogy on the rise of the State of Israel, preceded by Palestine in Turmoil: The Struggle for Sovereignty, 1933-1939 and Decision on Palestine Deferred: America, Britain and Wartime Diplomacy, 1939-1945.

• Volume 1: Rebellion Launched, 1945-1946PrefaceThe 100,000Tenuat HaMeri HaIvriThe Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry“Black Sabbath” to the Hotel Royal MonceauTruman, Bevin, and the World Zionist Congress

"With the publication of Palestine to Israel: Mandate to State, 1945-1948, Monty N. Penkower completes his magisterial trilogy on the rise of the modern State of Israel. This is a scholarly achievement many years in the making, as the depth of the author’s research and keen analysis clearly demonstrate. The expanse of Penkower’s historical landscape testifies to his broad scholarly vision." —Rafael Medoff, The David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, H-Judaic