The Bible and the Sword: Britain and Palestine-from the Bronze Age to the Balfour Declaration
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This book is the debut novel of Barbara Tuchman, who is known as the "artist among historians". Through vivid details, literary style, and solid historical data support, the author traces the gradual formation of Britain's national spirit in Christian enlightenment, the Crusades, Near East trade, and imperial struggle for hegemony. During this process, Palestine, as the spiritual home of the British people, became an important cultural reason for Britain's support for the restoration of Israel, while the need for imperial strategy was Britain's political motivation. This book describes how in the long history from the origin of Britain to the Balfour Declaration, cultural motivations and political motivations-that is, the Bible and the "sword"-shaped Britain's Near East policy and profoundly affected the historical process of the modern Middle East.
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