Drawn to the Promised Land by Tim Benson - ISBN: 9781912600151
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Palestine’s tumultuous past: a visual history through biting political cartoons.

Drawn to the Promised Land

A Cartoon History of Britain, Palestine and the Jews: 1917-1949

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    208 pages

  • Release Date

    25 February 2025

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Summary

Drawn to the Promised Land charts the dramatic history of Palestine from the Balfour Declaration to the creation of the state of Israel. Through the acerbic wit of leading political cartoonists from Britain, the United States and other countries, we see how Britain’s policies changed repeatedly after it captured Palestine from the Ottomans in 1917. From the Arab riots through to the Nazi persecution of European Jews and the unspeakable horrors of the Holocaust, cartoonists captured e…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781912600151
ISBN-10:1912600153
Author:Tim Benson
Publisher:Halban Publishers
Imprint:Halban Publishers
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:25 February 2025
Weight:460g
Dimensions:186mm x 152mm x 18mm
About The Author

Tim Benson

Dr. Tim Benson is Britain’s leading authority on political cartoons. He runs the world’s largest gallery for original pen-and-ink political and satirical cartoons. He has produced numerous books on the history of cartoons, including David Low Censored, Suezcide: A Cartoon History of the Suez Crisis, Giles’s War, Churchill in Caricature, Low and the Dictators, The Cartoon Century: Modern Britain through the Eyes of Its Cartoonists, Drawing the Curtain: The Cold War in Cartoons, Over the Top: A Cartoon History of Australia at War, How to be British: A Cartoon Celebration, Churchill: A life in Cartoons and over ten volumes of Britain’s Best Political Cartoons.

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