Refugees Human Rights and Realpolitik

<p>This book presents a multidimensional case study of international human rights in the immediate post-Second World War period, and the way in which complex refugee problems created by the war were often in direct competition with strategic interests and national sovereignty.</p><p></p><p>The case study is the clandestine immigration of Jewish refugees from Italy to Palestine in 1945–1948, which was part of a British–Zionist conflict over Palestine, involving strategic and humanitarian attitudes. The result was a clear subjection of human rights considerations to strategic and political interests.</p> <p>Introduction.</p><p>Part 1: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND</p><p></p><p>Ch.1 Refugees in Europe 1920-1948</p><p></p><p>Ch.2 Human Rights- a 'Window of Opportunity?'</p><p></p><p>Ch. 3 Jewish Refugees ̶ the Long Way from the Camps to Palestine</p><p></p><p>Part 2: POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS</p><p></p><p>Ch.4 Political Developments: The British, the Americans, the Zionists and the Palestine Question</p><p></p><p>Ch. 5 British Immigration Policy</p><p></p><p>Part 3: A CASE STUDY: JEWIH REFUGEES IN ITALY ̶ HUMAN RIGHTS DRAMA OR AN EXCERCISE IN REALPOLITIK. </p><p></p><p>Ch. 6 Italy and the Allies: 1943-1948</p><p></p><p>Ch.7 Italy and the Jews – The Fascist Burden and the War Time Rescue</p><p></p><p>Ch.8 Jewish Refugees in Italy</p><p></p><p>Ch.9 Britain and Italy ̶ Politics and Pressures</p><p></p><p>Ch.10 The Italians and the Zionists, the Clandestine Cooperation and the La Spezia Affair</p><p></p><p>Part 4: THE REFUGEES' STRUGGLE AGAINT THE EMPIRE </p><p></p><p>Ch. 11 Britain and the Jewish Refugees: Resistance and Human Rights</p><p></p><p>Ch. 12 Conclusion: Refugees as International Actors or Pawns</p><p></p><p>Index</p>