The Balfour Declaration is one of the most important events in the history of the Jewish people and of the Middle East prior to the Holocaust, signaling the beginning of a new era of self-determination in the reconstituted Jewish homeland after nearly 2000 years of life in exile.
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This book provides an all-inclusive understanding of the complex geopolitical elements that shaped the facts on the ground in the Middle East. Analyzing the chain of events that led to the Balfour Declaration through a uniquely holistic approach it demonstrates how the national interests of the nations involved in World War I theater intersected with those of the Jewish nation in the final phase of its long march towards political sovereignty.
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Dr. Goldstein's groundbreaking PhD dissertation was published as a book under the same title by Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
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Original letter from Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour, conveying The Balfour Declaration to Lord Lionel Rothschild, Head of the British Zionist Federation