Britain's Naval and Political Reaction to the Illegal Immigration of Jews to Palestine, 1945-1948 Book

1	Introduction	1
2	The determinants of British policy towards Jewish immigration into Palestine, from the Balfour declaration via the royal commissions to the 1939 white book and to the final abandonment of the 'national home' commitment	9
3	The British preoccupation with the perceived danger of communist infiltration and subversion	47
4	Britain's fight against the sources of illegal immigration beyond the borders of Palestine and her confrontation with the financial, logistic and moral supporters in Europe and North America	63
5	The legal issues involved	112
6	Detention in Palestine - the deportation of illegal Jewish immigrants to Cyprus and their detention/imprisonment : the legal base constructed by Britain	156
7	The rules of engagement adopted by the adversaries	178
8	The British forces engaged in anti-immigration patrols and the confronting Jewish adversaries	183
9	The physical confrontation : interception and diversion policies in theory and practice	196
10	Refoulement and abandonment of the boarding policy	230
11	Conclusion : conduct and effects of the British policy and the final failure of the blockade	252
App. 1	List of RN and PP vessels engaged in the 'Palestine patrol'	261
App. 2	List of deportation and prison ships	265
App. 3	Details of Jewish illegal ships which landed immigrants on the Palestinian coast or were intercepted by British armed forces or Palestine police	266
App. 4	Crew members of HM ships interviewed by the author	288
App. 5	Crew members of IJI ships interviewed by the author	290