The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 15)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 15)

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Chapter Six deals with the logistical side of the revolt; such as
where the rebels obtained their arms and how they smuggled them
through the borders; how they received their supplies of food, finance
and medical aide, the type of communications system they operated, how
the revolt developed its own intelligence network, and produced its own
laws and legislations. Finally how the rebels formed and operated the
rebels counts, will also be discussed.
Chapter Seven discusses the social and political structures of the
rebels forces. It also looks at the geographical origins of the rebels, the
basis for the formation of their alliances, and how the class conflict
manifested itself in the rebels’ communiques and actions.
Chapter Eight discusses the factors which ended the revolt. How
the outbreak of the Second World War increased British resolve to crush
the revolt militarily aided by the Jewish forces. It also looks at the
diplomatic and political maneuvers used by the British to end the revolt,
and discusses the role played by the peace bands formed by the
opposition. The internal problems within the ranks of the rebels
themselves, which helped to weaken the revolt structurally, focus the
concluding discussion of this chapter.
Chapters 1,2 and 4 provide an essential historical and chronological
background to the thesis, based mainly on the publications of European
and Palestinian historians of the period. Chapters 5,6 and 7 which, deal
with the military organisation, logistics and social and political structures
of the rebel forces, as well as some sections of chapter 3 and 8, depend
mainly on the oral accounts of rebels who witnessed or participated in
the revolt firs-hand. This data was collected during research in historic
Palestine (Palestine before 1948 - now Israel, the West Bank and Gaza
Strip). Seventy one interviews were made in the period between January
1984 and June 1985. The Palestinian informants interviewed for this
research fell into three categories: Firstly, those who fought in the revolt
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

تاريخ

1990-10

المنشئ

Sonia Nimr

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