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Major Farran's hat

by David Cesarani

Cover of Major Farran's hat
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Explores why Britain lost Palestine, linking its counterinsurgency and diplomatic strategies through the role of Roy Farran, commander of British counterterrorism squads, to the abduction of a Jewish activist, Alexander Rubowitz.

Death and burialTrials, litigationGovernment policyTerrorismHistoryPreventionZionistsTerrorism, preventionTerrorism, government policyPalestine, history, 1917-1948Great britain, politics and governmentGreat britain, social conditions