<p><strong>`Balfour has achieved his purpose with exemplary clarity and economy; he never wastes a sentence.'</strong> - <em>European History Quarterly</em><br /><br /><strong>`Fills a gap in our essential understanding of the times.'</strong> - <em>Eastern Daily Press</em><br /><br /><strong>`Balfour's thoughtful book can serve serious and well-informed students as one of the few available surveys broadly based on published primary sources and secondary works.'</strong> - <em>Peter Hoffman, American Historical Review</em><br /><br /><strong>`Balfour has written a stimulating and brilliant book. It is certainly a major contribution to students of this sombre period.'</strong> - <em>Jerusalem Post</em></p>