Arthur James Balfour, 1848-1930: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography

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Arthur James Balfour is best known as Prime Minister and signer of the Balfour Declaration calling for a national home for Jews in Palestine. Less well known are his initiatives in creating a structure for strategic planning, preparation for, and fighting a war, the Committee for Imperial Defence, and chairing the committee which articulated the basis for the constitution of the British Commonwealth of Nations. This work provides an extensive survey of literature by and about Balfour.

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This work will prove a useful introductory guide to students, providing helpful information on both Balfour and his times.-Choice
"This work will prove a useful introductory guide to students, providing helpful information on both Balfour and his times."-Choice

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EUGENE L. RASOR has retired as Professor of History at Emory and Henry College in Virgina, after teaching there for over 30 years. His published work has concentrated on historiographical and bibliographical surveys on British naval history and the Pacific War. His most recent bibliographies are The China-Burma-India Campaign, 1931-1945: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1998) and Earl Mountbatten of Burma, 1900-1979: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1998).