{"product_id":"promise-and-fulfilment-palestine-arthur-koestler-9781406747232","title":"Promise and Fulfilment - Palestine 1917-1949","description":"This book consists of three parts, \"Background\", \"Close-up\" and \"Perspective\". The first part is a survey of the developments which led to the foundation of the State of Israel. It lays no claim to historical completeness and is written from a specific angle which stresses the part played by irrational forces and emotive bias in history. I am not sure whether this emphasis has not occasionally resulted in over-emphasis-as is almost inevitable when one tries to redress a balance by spot-lighting aspects which are currently neglected. But it was certainly not my intention, by underlining the psychological factor, to deny or minimize the importance of the politico-economic forces. My aim was rather to present, if I may borrow a current medical term, a \"psycho-somatic\" view of one of the most curious episodes in modern history. The second part, \"Close-up\", is meant to give the reader a close and coloured, but not I hope technicoloured, view of the Jewish war and of everyday life in the new State. It opens and ends with extracts from the diary of my last sojourn as a war correspondent in Israel. The emphasis here is on life in the towns, with only occasional glimpses of the collective settlements, since I have given a detailed description of these in an earlier book. The third part, \"Perspective\", is an attempt to present to the reader a comprehensive survey of the social and political structure, the cultural trends and future prospects of the Jewish State.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arthur Koestler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1406747238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781406747232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ramage Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.78d","brand":"Arthur Koestler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44057423872255,"sku":"9781406747232","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cb88200c-2093-4e45-92b0-03943655d8e3.jpg?v=1685046896","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/promise-and-fulfilment-palestine-arthur-koestler-9781406747232","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}