Drawn to the Promised Land: A Cartoon History of Britain, Palestine and the Jews: 1917-1949

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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 every painful twist and agonising turn of events. The first book of cartoons to be published on this contentious subject, Drawn to the Promised Land offers a truly unique visual insight into a period of history that still reverberates to this day.

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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.