This book has to do with the period in which Britain’s mandate in Palestine ended, the state of Israel was born, and the Arab refugee problem originated. Many historians have written on these matters, and many more will do so. I arrived in Haifa, Palestine, on 23 December 1947, and left Haifa, Israel, on 30 June 1948. A Once and Past Love records my recollections of those tumultuous months. The genre is obviously that of memoir, but to this observation I add a caveat. A number of matters arise in the pages below that are germane to the conflicting interpretations that characterize the historiography of the period. In this respect A Once and Past Love may be read as a source book and one perhaps of particular interest to adherents of that approach so indelicately referred to as “history from the bottom up.”

Last modified

• 04/30/2019

Creator

• Ivor Wilks

DOI

• https://doi.org/10.21985/N2QN3Q

Subject

• Isreal History
• Palestine History
• Biography
• Great Britain Army Officers
• 20th Century

Keyword

• program of african studies
• special papers series

Resource type

• Book

Rights statement

• In Copyright