This comprehensive account examines the growing conflict between Arab and Jew in Palestine that first surfaced clearly in the pivotal years 19331939 and which proved to be an irreconcilable rift once the leadership of both peoples refused to accept minority status. A compelling narrative lucidly written and rooted in extensive archival sources explores the deadly clash of two rival nationalisms against the broader backdrop of rising antisemitism across Europe the intervention of Arab states and international ralpolitik. The various suggestions then advanced for resolving the Palestine dilemma as well as the internal divisions which beset the two rivals for political independence are also reviewed in these pages. The two volumes one devoted to the years 19331936 and the second to the years 19371939 serve as a riveting prequel to Professor Penkowers Decision on Palestine Deferred America Britain and Wartime Diplomacy 19391945.