Behind the silken curtain : a personal account of Anglo-American diplomacy in Palestine and Middle East /
By Bartley C. Crum.
- New York : Simon and Schuster, 1947.
- XIV, 297 p. : 1 map ; 21 cm.
In tribute to Wendell L. Willkie With hard- and supercover
Cont.: 1. The curtain rises. Washington : briefing -- Shipboard : the secret file in the state department -- London : the Soviet jitters -- pt. 2. The remnant of the survivors. Frankfort : "nach palastina!" -- Munich : "we beat our breasts" -- Nuremberg : "Arabs! rise and kill!" -- Prague : even in Czechoslovakia -- Vienna : "they should all have been burned" -- pt. 3. Arms and intrigue. Egypt : "our problem is Britain" -- Palestine -- Jerusalem : "gentlemen, we warned you!" -- "Mr. Effendi, do not believe all you hear" -- Tel Aviv : "we are not anti-British" -- Arab vs. Jew : "on the top level" -- The sweet waters of the Jordan -- Arab adventure -- "We are here to stay" -- Lausanne : the great debate -- pt. 4. Conclusion. What of tomorrow?
Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish problems in Palestine and Europe